Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s. This superfamily is in the clade

Neogastropoda Neogastropoda is an order of sea snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs. Description The available fossil record of Neogastropoda is relatively complete, and supports a widely accepted evolutionary scenario of an Early Cre ...

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 ...

. It had been placed within the infraorder

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): *

Austrosiphonidae The Austrosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Austrosiphonidae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespec ...

Cotton & Godfrey, 1938 *

Belomitridae The Belomitridae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:// ...

Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * Buccinanopsidae Galindo, Puillandre, Lozouet & Bouchet, 2016 *

Buccinidae The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Buccinidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. A ...

Rafinesque, 1815 *

Busyconidae The Busyconidae are taxonomic family of large sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with ...

Wade, 1917 (1867) * Chauvetiidae fam. nov. *

Colubrariidae Colubrariidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. Bouchet, P. (2010). Colubrariidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Access ...

Dall, 1904 * Columbellidae Swainson, 1840 * Dolicholatiridae fam. nov. * † Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994 * Eosiphonidae fam. nov. *

Fasciolariidae The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. The family Fasciolariidae probably appeared about 110 million years ago d ...

Gray, 1853 * Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) *

Nassariidae The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (USA), or dog whelks (UK), are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. "Dog whelk" also refers to '' Nucella lapillus''. Shell descripti ...

Iredale, 1916 (1835) *

Pisaniidae The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (2018). Pisaniidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

Gray, 1857 * Prodotiidae fam. nov. * Retimohniidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 202 * Some genera are treated as unassigned within the superfamily Buccinoidea ;Families brought into synonymy: * 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

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Colubraria tortuosa ''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide' ...

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Fasciolaria scalarina Tulip snail or tulip shell is the common name for eight species of large, predatory, subtropical and tropical sea snails from the Western Atlantic. These species are in the genus ''Fasciolaria''. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family F ...

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Melongena consors ''Melongena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.WoRMS (2010). Melongena Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca dat ...

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Nassarius reeveanus ''Nassarius reeveanus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae. Description The shell of ''Nassarius reeveanus'' ranges in size between 14 and 26 mm. It is patterned with alternating transversal ban ...

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Phos senticosus ''Phos senticosus'', common name Common Pacific Phos or Thorny Phos, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. Description The shell size varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The surfa ...

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References

* Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families.'' Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 . Neogastropoda Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Caenogastropoda-stub