Buccinoidea is a

taxonomic Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...

of very small to large predatory

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 slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

s, marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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 e ...

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 Creta ...

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) The taxonomy of the Gastropoda, as revised by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997, is an older taxonomy of the class Gastropoda, the class of molluscs consisting of all snails and slugs. The full name of the work in which this taxonom ...

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 Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 *

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. This supe ...

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. Acc ...

Rafinesque, 1815 *

Busyconidae The Busyconidae are taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia. ...

Wade, 1917 (1867) * Chauvetiidae fam. nov. * Colubrariidae Dall, 1904 *

Columbellidae The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) Wo ...

Swainson, 1840 * Dolicholatiridae fam. nov. * † Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994 *

Eosiphonidae The Eosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks and the like.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021. Accessed through ...

fam. nov. *

Fasciolariidae The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. The family Fasciolariidae probably appe ...

Gray, 1853 *

Melongenidae The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: W ...

Gill, 1871 (1854) * Nassariidae 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.marinespeci ...

Gray, 1857 *

Prodotiidae The Prodotiidae are a taxonomic family of sea snails, often known as whelk Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to various kinds of sea snail. Although a number of whelks are relatively large and are in the family Bucc ...

fam. nov. *

Retimohniidae The Retimohniidae are taxonomic family in the superfamily Buccinoidea of large sea snails, often known as whelk Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to various kinds of sea snail. Although a number of whelks are relati ...

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 ''Sinistrofulgur contrarium'' is a fossil snail species of the busycon whelks in the family Busyconidae. There has been some confusion about the correct taxonomy of this species, which has been confused with the extant species ''Sinistrofulgur si ...

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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 Columbellidae The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order ...

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Image:Fasciolaria scalarina 01.JPG, '' Fasciolaria scalarina'', a

Image:Melongena consors 01.jpg, '' Melongena consors'', a

Image:Nassarius reeveanus forma zonalis 01.JPG, '' Nassarius reeveanus'', a Nassariidae Image:Phos senticosus 01.JPG, '' Phos senticosus'', a Nassariidae

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