MolluscaBase taxon details
Buccinum ciliatum (O. Fabricius, 1780)
138860 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138860)
accepted
Species
Buccinum boreale Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Buccinum ciliatum var. laevioris Mörch, 1875 · unaccepted (synonym)
Buccinum pulcherrimum Verkrüzen, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tritonium (Fusus) tenebrosum var. borealis (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tritonium ciliatum var. turrita Mörch, 1869 · unaccepted
Tritonium flavulum Mörch, 1869 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Buccinum ciliatum ciliatum (O. Fabricius, 1780)
- Subspecies Buccinum ciliatum sericatum Hancock, 1846
- Variety Buccinum ciliatum var. laevioris Mörch, 1875 accepted as Buccinum ciliatum (O. Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 401-402 [details]
page(s): 401-402 [details]
Distribution Range: 76°N to 42.38°N; 93°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada:...
Distribution Range: 76°N to 42.38°N; 93°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia; Cobscook Bay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Buccinum ciliatum (O. Fabricius, 1780). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138860 on 2025-11-23
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original description
(of Buccinum boreale Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 375 [details]
original description (of Buccinum pulcherrimum Verkrüzen, 1882) Verkrüzen T.A. (1882). Buccinum L. (Fortsetzung). <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 9: 203-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16359996 [details]
original description (of Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 401-402 [details]
original description (of Tritonium ciliatum var. turrita Mörch, 1869) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette <i>La Recherche</i> en juin 1838. <em>Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Tritonium flavulum Mörch, 1869) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette <i>La Recherche</i> en juin 1838. <em>Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722
page(s): 17 [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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 375 [details]
original description (of Buccinum pulcherrimum Verkrüzen, 1882) Verkrüzen T.A. (1882). Buccinum L. (Fortsetzung). <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 9: 203-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16359996 [details]
original description (of Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 401-402 [details]
original description (of Tritonium ciliatum var. turrita Mörch, 1869) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette <i>La Recherche</i> en juin 1838. <em>Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Tritonium flavulum Mörch, 1869) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette <i>La Recherche</i> en juin 1838. <em>Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722
page(s): 17 [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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 76°N to 42.38°N; 93°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia; Cobscook Bay [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications)
To Malacopics (Buccinum ciliatum (O.Fabricius,1780) Norway, Svalbard, Bjørnøya, at 80 m depth )
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum boreale Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum pulcherrimum Verkrüzen, 1882)
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum ciliatum var. laevioris Mörch, 1875)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (6 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications)
To Malacopics (Buccinum ciliatum (O.Fabricius,1780) Norway, Svalbard, Bjørnøya, at 80 m depth )
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum boreale Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum pulcherrimum Verkrüzen, 1882)
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum ciliatum var. laevioris Mörch, 1875)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (6 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS