''Buccinanops'' is a
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s,
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gastropod
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Buccinanopsidae
The Buccinanopsidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks in the superfamily Buccinoidea
Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
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'' mud snails or dog whelks and the like.
[Bouchet, P. & Gofas, S. (2015). "''Buccinanops'' d'Orbigny, 1841". In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531987 on 2016-04-28]
Species
* ''
Buccinanops cochlidium
''Buccinanops cochlidium'', common name the gradated bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Buccinanops cochlidium (Dillwyn, 1817). In: Mo ...
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(Dillwyn, 1817)
* ''
Buccinanops latus''
Pastorino & Simone, 2021
* ''
Buccinanops monilifer''
(Kiener, 1834)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Buccinanops deformis''
(King, 1832):
synonym of ''
Buccinastrum deforme''
(P. P. King, 1832)
* ''Buccinastrum duartei''
Klappenbach, 1961: synonym of ''
Buccinastrum duartei''
(Klappenbach, 1961) (original combination)
* ''Buccinanops globulosus''
(Kiener, 1834): synonym of ''
Buccinastrum deforme''
(P. P. King, 1832)
* ''Buccinanops gradatus''
(Deshayes, 1844): synonym of ''Buccinanops cochlidium''
(Dillwyn, 1817)
* ''Buccinanops lamarckii''
(Kiener, 1834): synonym of ''Buccinanops cochlidium''
(Dillwyn, 1817)
* ''Buccinanops paytensis''
(Kiener, 1834): synonym of ''
Buccinastrum paytense''
(Kiener, 1834)
* ''Buccinanops uruguayensis''
(Pilsbry, 1897): synonym of ''
Buccinastrum uruguayense''
(Pilsbry, 1897)
* ''Buccinanops validus''
(Dunker, 1852): synonym of ''
Pusionella valida''
(Dunker, 1852)
* ''Buccinanops vittatus''
(Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of ''
Bullia vittata''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
References
External links
* Pastorino, G. (1993)
"The taxonomic status of ''Buccinanops'' d'Orbigny, 1841 (Gastropoda: Nassariidae)" ''The Veliger''. 36 (2): 160-165.
* Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P. & Bouchet, P. (2016)
"The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea)" ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution''. 99: 337-353.
Buccinanopsidae
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