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Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815
382214 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382214)
accepted
Superfamily
- 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 J. E. Gray, 1857
- Family Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
- Family Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
- Family Cominellidae J. E. Gray, 1857
- Family Cyllenidae Bellardi, 1882
- Family Dolicholatiridae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
- Family Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
- Family Fasciolariidae J. E. Gray, 1853
- Family Liomesidae P. Fischer, 1884
- Family Melongenidae T. Gill, 1871 (1854)
- Family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
- Family Pisaniidae J. E. Gray, 1857
- Family Prodotiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
- Family Prosiphonidae A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Family Retimohniidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
- Family Triumphidae Fedosov, Lemarcis, Bouchet, Harzhauser, Kantor, Kiel, Modica, Oliverio, Zaharias & Puillandre, 2026
- Family Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
- Family Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Family Alectrionidae Dall, 1908 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
- Family Anachidae A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972 accepted as Atiliinae Cossmann, 1901
- Family Arculariidae Iredale, 1915 accepted as Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
- Family Beringiidae A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 accepted as Beringiinae A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Family Buccinulidae H. J. Finlay, 1928 accepted as Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
- Family Cassidulidae J. E. Gray, 1854 accepted as Melongenidae T. 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 Cynodontidae MacDonald, 1860 accepted as Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- 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 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Donovania Leach, 1814 [Crustacea].)
- Subfamily Fulgurinae Stoliczka, 1867 accepted as Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867)
- Family Fusidae Iredale, 1915 accepted as Colubrariidae Dall, 1904 (invalid: type genus placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 1765)
- Family Galeodidae Thiele, 1925 accepted as Melongenidae T. Gill, 1871 (1854) (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Galeodes Olivier, 1791 [Arachnida])
- Family Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977 † accepted as Melongenidae T. Gill, 1871 (1854) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Kanamaruidae Higo & Goto, 1993 accepted as Colubrariidae Dall, 1904 (unaccepted > unavailable name, not available: no diagnosis)
- Family Latiridae Iredale, 1929 accepted as Fasciolariinae J. E. 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 J. E. Gray, 1857
- Family Pyrenidae Suter, 1909 accepted as Columbellinae Swainson, 1840
- Family Volemidae Winckworth, 1945 accepted as Melongenidae T. Gill, 1871 (1854) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Buccinoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Buccininae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 145; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Buccinidia. [details]
page(s): 145; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Buccinidia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382214 on 2026-08-30
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(of Buccininae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 145; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Buccinidia. [details]
basis of record Fedosov, A. E.; Lemarcis, T.; Bouchet, P.; Harzhauser, M.; Kantor, Y. I.; Kiel, S.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M.; Zaharias, P.; Puillandre, N. (2026). Phylogeny, classification, and evolutionary history of Neogastropoda. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(3): zlag058: 1-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag058 [details]
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(3): 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> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018 [details]
page(s): 145; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Buccinidia. [details]
basis of record Fedosov, A. E.; Lemarcis, T.; Bouchet, P.; Harzhauser, M.; Kantor, Y. I.; Kiel, S.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M.; Zaharias, P.; Puillandre, N. (2026). Phylogeny, classification, and evolutionary history of Neogastropoda. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(3): zlag058: 1-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag058 [details]
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(3): 789-857., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031 [details] Available for editors
[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> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
