MSBIAS taxon details

Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758

138878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138878)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Caenogastropoda
  6. Neogastropoda
  7. Buccinoidea
  8. Buccinidae
  9. Buccininae
  10. Buccinum
  11. Buccinum undatum
accepted
Species
Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758
Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 740 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138878 on 2026-09-10
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138878 on 2026-09-10
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2010-07-19 15:09:49Z
checked
Fraussen, Koen
2022-12-16 09:13:54Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 740 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring data in function of wind energy development in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Emmerson, J.; Hollyman, P.; Bloor, I.; Jenkins, S. (2020). Effect of temperature on the growth of the commercially fished common whelk (<i>Buccinum undatum</i>, L.): A regional analysis within the Irish Sea. <em>Fisheries Research.</em> 223: 105437., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105437 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Martens, E. von. (1883). Ueber Löcher an der Spindelsäule von <i>Buccinum undatum</i>. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1883: 45-46 [20 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789337 [details] 

additional source Nylander, O. O. (1921). Egg-capsules of <i>Buccinum undatum</i> L. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 35(2): 33-34, pl. 1, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1712053 [details] 

additional source Smith, K. E.; Thatje, S.; Hauton, C. (2013). Thermal tolerance during early ontogeny in the common whelk <i>Buccinum undatum</i> (Linnaeus 1785): Bioenergetics, nurse egg partitioning and developmental success. <em>Journal of Sea Research.</em> 79: 32-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.01.008 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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English waved whelkcommon whelk  [details]
Linnean Collection online 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (281 barcodes) 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Buccinum undatum) 
To GenBank (592 nucleotides; 367 proteins) 
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To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1418260) 
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To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits) 
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 074517) 
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