Buccinoidea is a
taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory
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 ...
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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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
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This superfamily is in the clade
Neogastropoda according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and sl ...
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It had been placed within the infraorder
Neogastropoda according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997).
Families
These families are within Buccinoidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
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Austrosiphonidae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
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Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
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Buccinanopsidae Galindo, Puillandre, Lozouet & Bouchet, 2016
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Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
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Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)
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Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022
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Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
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Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marin ...
Swainson, 1840
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Cominellidae Gray, 1857
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Dolicholatiridae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022
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Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994
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Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022
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Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853
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Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
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Nassariidae
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized snails, mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. These snails have rounded shells with a high spire, an oval ap ...
Iredale, 1916 (1835)
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Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized 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 classifi ...
Gray, 1857
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Prodotiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022
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Prosiphonidae Powell, 1951
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Retimohniidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022
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Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
* Some genera are treated as unassigned within the superfamily Buccinoidea
;Families brought into synonymy:
* Alectrionidae
Dall, 1908: synonym of
Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
* Anachidae
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972: synonym of Columbellidae
Swainson, 1840
* Buccinulidae
Finlay, 1928: synonym of Buccinulini
Finlay, 1928
* Cominellidae: synonym of Buccinidae
Rafinesque, 1815
* Nassidae
Swainson, 1835: synonym of Nassariidae
Iredale, 1916 (1835)
* Neptuneidae
Stimpson, 1865: synonym of Buccinidae
Rafinesque, 1815
* Peristerniidae
Tryon, 1880: synonym of Peristerniinae
Tryon, 1880
* Pyrenidae
Suter, 1909: synonym of Columbellidae
Swainson, 1840
Image:Busycon contrarium 01.JPG, '' Busycon contrarium'', a Busyconidae
Image:Colubraria tortuosa 01.JPG, '' Colubraria tortuosa'', a Colubrariidae
Image:Columbella rustica 01.jpg, ''Columbella rustica
''Columbella rustica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage o ...
'', a Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marin ...
Image:Fasciolaria scalarina 01.JPG, '' Fasciolaria scalarina'', a Fasciolariidae
Image:Melongena consors 01.jpg, '' Melongena consors'', a Melongenidae
Image:Nassarius reeveanus forma zonalis 01.JPG, '' Nassarius reeveanus'', a Nassariidae
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized snails, mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. These snails have rounded shells with a high spire, an oval ap ...
Image:Phos senticosus 01.JPG, '' Phos senticosus'', a Nassariidae
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized snails, mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. These snails have rounded shells with a high spire, an oval ap ...
References
Neogastropoda
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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