MolluscaBase taxon details
Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Family Austrosiphonidae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Family Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
Family Buccinanopsidae Galindo, Puillandre, Lozouet & Bouchet, 2016
Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)
Family Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Colidae Gray, 1857
Family Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
Family Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
Family Cominellidae Gray, 1857
Family Dolicholatiridae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994 †
Family Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853
Family Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
Family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
Family Pisaniidae Gray, 1857
Family Prodotiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Prosiphonidae Powell, 1951
Family Retimohniidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
Family Alectrionidae Dall, 1908 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
Family Anachidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972 accepted as Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
Family Arculariidae Iredale, 1915 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
Family Beringiidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 accepted as Beringiinae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
Family Buccinulidae Finlay, 1928 accepted as Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
Family Cassidulidae Gray, 1854 accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 [Echinodermata], which is itself the type genus of Cassidulidae L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847)
Family Cyclopsidae Chenu, 1859 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Cyclops O.F. Müller, 1776 [Crustacea].)
Family Cyrtulidae MacDonald, 1869 accepted as Fusininae Wrigley, 1927
Family Donovaniidae T. L. Casey, 1904 accepted as Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021 (invalid: junior homonym of Donovania Leach, 1814 (Crustacea))
Family Fulguridae Stoliczka, 1867 accepted as Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867)
Family Galeodidae Thiele, 1925 accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Galeodes Olivier, 1791 [Arachnida])
Family Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977 † accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
Family Latiridae Iredale, 1929 accepted as Fasciolariinae Gray, 1853
Family Neptuneidae W. Stimpson, 1865 accepted as Neptuneinae W. Stimpson, 1865
Family Peristerniidae Tryon, 1880 accepted as Peristerniinae Tryon, 1880
Family Pusiostomatidae Iredale, 1940 accepted as Pisaniidae Gray, 1857
Family Pyrenidae Suter, 1909 accepted as Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
Family Volemidae Winckworth, 1945 accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
Family [unassigned] Buccinoidea (temporary name)
Family Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
Family Buccinanopsidae Galindo, Puillandre, Lozouet & Bouchet, 2016
Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)
Family Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Colidae Gray, 1857
Family Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
Family Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
Family Cominellidae Gray, 1857
Family Dolicholatiridae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994 †
Family Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853
Family Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
Family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
Family Pisaniidae Gray, 1857
Family Prodotiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Prosiphonidae Powell, 1951
Family Retimohniidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Family Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
Family Alectrionidae Dall, 1908 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
Family Anachidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972 accepted as Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
Family Arculariidae Iredale, 1915 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
Family Beringiidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 accepted as Beringiinae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
Family Buccinulidae Finlay, 1928 accepted as Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
Family Cassidulidae Gray, 1854 accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 [Echinodermata], which is itself the type genus of Cassidulidae L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847)
Family Cyclopsidae Chenu, 1859 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Cyclops O.F. Müller, 1776 [Crustacea].)
Family Cyrtulidae MacDonald, 1869 accepted as Fusininae Wrigley, 1927
Family Donovaniidae T. L. Casey, 1904 accepted as Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021 (invalid: junior homonym of Donovania Leach, 1814 (Crustacea))
Family Fulguridae Stoliczka, 1867 accepted as Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867)
Family Galeodidae Thiele, 1925 accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Galeodes Olivier, 1791 [Arachnida])
Family Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977 † accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
Family Latiridae Iredale, 1929 accepted as Fasciolariinae Gray, 1853
Family Neptuneidae W. Stimpson, 1865 accepted as Neptuneinae W. Stimpson, 1865
Family Peristerniidae Tryon, 1880 accepted as Peristerniinae Tryon, 1880
Family Pusiostomatidae Iredale, 1940 accepted as Pisaniidae Gray, 1857
Family Pyrenidae Suter, 1909 accepted as Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
Family Volemidae Winckworth, 1945 accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
Family [unassigned] Buccinoidea (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382214 on 2023-06-06
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basis of record
Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194: 789-857., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Vaux, F., Hills, S. F. K., Marshall, B. A., Trewick, S. A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2017). A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114: 367-381.</em> [details]
additional source Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request] additional source Vaux, F., Hills, S. F. K., Marshall, B. A., Trewick, S. A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2017). A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114: 367-381.</em> [details]
additional source Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
