''Burnupena'' 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
superfamily
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Buccinoidea
Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This superfamily is in the clade Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). It had been p ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Burnupena'' include:
* ''
Burnupena catarrhacta
''Burnupena catarrhacta'', common name the flame-patterned burnupena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.
The ovate shell is elongated and subturr ...
'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Burnupena cincta
''Burnupena cincta'', common name the ridged burnupena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Aroun ...
'' (Röding, 1798)
* ''
Burnupena denseliriata
''Burnupena denseliriata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, e ...
'' Dempster & Branch, 1999
* ''
Burnupena lagenaria
''Burnupena lagenaria'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, ext ...
'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Burnupena papyracea
''Burnupena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea
Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This superfamily is in the clad ...
'' (Bruguière, 1789)
* ''
Burnupena pubescens
''Burnupena pubescens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 50 mm. Very similar to ''B. papyracea''. Also often covered with the encrusting bryozoan ' ...
'' (Küster, 1858)
* ''
Burnupena rotunda'' Dempster & Branch, 1999
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Burnupena delalandii'' (Kiener, 1834): synonym of ''Burnupena catarrhacta'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Burnupena dunkeri]'' (Küster, 1858): synonym of ''Burnupena catarrhacta'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Burnupena limbosa'' (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''Burnupena cincta limbosa'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Burnupena tigrina'' (Kiener, 1834): synonym of ''Burnupena pubescens'' (Küster, 1858)
References
External links
Iredale, T. (1918). ''Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1''. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40
Buccinoidea (unassigned)
Gastropod genera
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