''Buccinastrum'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Buccinanopsidae, the ''
Nassa'' mud snails or dog whelks and the like.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Buccinastrum Pastorino & Simone, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1514654 on 2022-05-28]
Species
* ''
Buccinastrum deforme''
(P. P. King, 1832)
* ''
Buccinastrum duartei''
(Klappenbach, 1961)
* ''
Buccinastrum paytense''
(Kiener, 1834)
* ''
Buccinastrum uruguayense''
(Pilsbry, 1897)
References
External links
Pastorino, G. & Simone, L.R.L. (2021). Revision of the genus Buccinanops (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Nassariidae), an endemic group of gastropods from the Southwestern Atlantic, including a new genus and accounts on the Buccinanopsinae classification. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 59(6): 1209-1254
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Buccinanopsidae