''Burnupena'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
superfamily
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Buccinoidea.
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 mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 m ...
'' (Gmelin, 1791)
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Burnupena cincta
''Burnupena cincta'', common name the ridged burnupena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) ...
'' (Röding, 1798)
* ''
Burnupena denseliriata'' Dempster & Branch, 1999
* ''
Burnupena lagenaria'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Burnupena papyracea
''Burnupena papyracea'', common name the papery burnupena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
The length of the shell attains 60 mm,
The oblong, conical shell is r ...
'' (Bruguière, 1789)
* ''
Burnupena pubescens'' (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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