Buccinum
Buccinum is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Snails in this genus are commonly called whelks, a name that is however shared with several related and unrelated species. The common whelk Buccinum undatum is the most common representative of the genus in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Description
The soft body is elongated and spiral. It shows two tapering, depressed tentacles, each of which bear on a lobe at the base a very small eye. The mantle forms a thin-edged flap over the branchial cavity. The long, annulated proboscis of the mouth is cylindrical. The proboscis is armed with minute teeth. The radula acts as a rasp. The foot is large and subelliptical.
The shell is ovate and elongated. The spire is moderate and pointed. The aperture is oval or oblong with a deep notch anteriorly. The columella is plain or callous. The outer lip is plain. The thin, horny operculum is ovate and concentrically striate.
All animals are carnivores and scavengers, feeding on dead or damaged marine animals. They have the power of perforating molluscs and crustacea. [2]
Species
Species in the genus Buccinum include[3]:
- Buccinum abyssorum A.E. Verrill, 1884 - shingled whelk
- Buccinum acuminulatum Golikov, 1980
- Buccinum acutispiratum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum aleuticum Dall, 1895 - Aleut whelk
- Buccinum amaliae Verkruzen, 1878
- Buccinum angulosum J.E. Gray, 1839 - angular whelk
- Buccinum angulosum angulosum J.E. Gray, 1838 - angular whelk, angular whelk
- Buccinum aniwanum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum araitonum Tiba, 1981
- Buccinum argillaceum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
- Buccinum baeri (Middendorff, 1848)
- Buccinum baerii baerii (Middendorff, 1848)
- Buccinum baerii polium Dall, 1907
- Buccinum bayani (Jousseaume, 1883)
- Buccinum belcheri Reeve, 1855
- Buccinum bombycinum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum boucheti Tiba, 1984
- Buccinum bulimuloideum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum byssinum Tiba, 1983
- Buccinum castaneum Dall, 1877
- Buccinum chartium Dall, 1919
- Buccinum chishimananux Habe, T. & Ito, 1965
- Buccinum chishimanum Pilsbry, 1904
- Buccinum ciliatum Fabricius, 1780
- Buccinum cnismatopleura Dall, 1919
- Buccinum cnismatum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum conoideum G.O. Sars, 1878
- Buccinum coronatum Golikov, 1980
- Buccinum costatum Golikov, 1980
- Buccinum crebricostatum Lus, 1978
- Buccinum crenatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
- Buccinum cristatum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988
- Buccinum cyaneum Bruguiere, 1792 - bluish whelk
- Buccinum cyaneum cyaneum Bruguiere, 1792 - bluish whelk
- Buccinum cyaneum patulum G.O. Sars, 1878 - bluish whelk
- Buccinum cyaneum perdix Mörch, 1868 - bluish whelk
- Buccinum denseplicatum Golikov, 1980
- Buccinum diplodetum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum eugrammatum Dall, 1907 - lirate whelk
- Buccinum ectomycina Dall, 1907
- Buccinum elatior (Tryon, 1880)
- Buccinum elegantum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
- Buccinum epifragilum Tiba, 1983
- Buccinum epistomium Dall, 1907
- Buccinum eugrammatum Dall, 1907 - lirate whelk
- Buccinum felis Okutani, 1964
- Buccinum finmarkianum Verkrüzen, 1875
- Buccinum flavidum Golikov, 1980
- Buccinum fragile G. O. Sars, 1878
- Buccinum frausseni Alexeyev & Gornichnykh, 2009
- Buccinum fringillum Dall, 1877 - finch whelk
- Buccinum frustulatum Golikov, 1980
- Buccinum fukureum Habe & Ito, 1976
- Buccinum glaciale Linnaeus, 1761 - glacial whelk
- Buccinum gouldii A.E. Verrill, 1882 : synonym of Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1792
- Buccinum habui Tiba, 1984
- Buccinum hertzensteini Verkruzen, 1882
- Buccinum hosoyai Habe & Ito, 1965
- Buccinum humphreysiana Bennett, 1825
- Buccinum hydrophanum Hancock, 1846
- Buccinum inclytum Pilsbry, 1904
- Buccinum inexhaustum Verkruzen, 1878 : synonym of Buccinum finmarkianum Verkrüzen, 1875
- Buccinum isaotakii Kira, 1962
- Buccinum japonicum A. Adams, 1861
- Buccinum kashimanum Okutani, 1964
- Buccinum kawamurai Habe & Ito, 1965
- Buccinum kinukatsugai Habe & Ito, 1968
- Buccinum kjennerudae Bouchet & Warén, 1985
- Buccinum kobjakovae Golikov & Sirenko, 1988
- Buccinum kodiakense Dall, 1907 - kodiak whelk
- Buccinum koreana Choe, Yoon & Habe, 1992
- Buccinum koshikinum Okutani in Okutani, Tagawa & Horikawa, 1988
- Buccinum kurilensis Golikov & Sirenko, 1988
- Buccinum kushiroensis Habe & Ito, 1976
- Buccinum lamelliferum Lus, 1976
- Buccinum leucostoma Lischke, 1872
- Buccinum limnoideum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum lischkeanum Loebbecke, 1881
- Buccinum lyperum Dall, 1919
- Buccinum maehirai Tiba, 1980
- Buccinum maltzani Pfeffer, 1886
- Buccinum microconcha Habe & Ito, 1965
- Buccinum micropoma Thorson, 1944 - berry whelk
- Buccinum middendorfii Verkruzen, 1882
- Buccinum midori Habe & ITO, 1965 : synonym of Buccinum oedematum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum mirandum Smith, 1875
- Buccinum miyauchii Azuma, 1972
- Buccinum moerchi Friele, 1877: synonym of Buccinum sericatum Hancock, 1846
- Buccinum morchianum Dunker, 1858
- Buccinum mysticum Shikama, 1963
- Buccinum nipponensis Dall, 1907
- Buccinum nivale Friele, 1882
- Buccinum nodocostum Tiba, 1984
- Buccinum normale Dall, 1885
- Buccinum oblitum Sykes, 1911
- Buccinum ochotense (Middendorff, 1848) - Okhotsk whelk
- Buccinum oedematum Dall, 1907 - swollen whelk, swollen whelk
- Buccinum opisoplectum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum orotundum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum osagawai Habe & Ito, 1968
- Buccinum parvulum Verkrüzen, 1875
- Buccinum pemphigus Dall, 1907
- Buccinum pemphigus major Dall, 1919
- Buccinum pemphigus orotundum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum pemphigus pemphigus Dall, 1907
- Buccinum percrassum Dall, 1883 - crude whelk
- Buccinum physematum Dall, 1919
- Buccinum picturatum Dall, 1877 - painted whelk
- Buccinum planeticum Dall, 1919 - wandering whelk
- Buccinum pilosum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
- Buccinum plectrum Stimpson, 1865 - sinuous whelk
- Buccinum polare J.E. Gray, 1839 - polar whelk
- Buccinum polium Dall, 1907
- Buccinum pulchellum G.O. Sars, 1878
- Buccinum rarusum Tiba, 1984
- Buccinum rhodium Dall, 1919
- Buccinum rondinum Dall, 1919
- Buccinum rossellinum Dall, 1919
- Buccinum rossicum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum rubiginosum Reeve, 1846
- Buccinum sagamianum Okutani, 1977
- Buccinum sakhalinense Dall, 1907
- Buccinum sandersoni A.E. Verrill, 1882 : synonym of Buccinum fragile G. O. Sars, 1878
- Buccinum scalariforme Moller, 1842 - ladder whelk
- Buccinum schantaricum (Middendorff, 1848)
- Buccinum sericatum Hancock, 1846 - silky whelk : synonym of Buccinum ciliatum sericatum
- Buccinum shiretokoensis Habe & Ito, 1976
- Buccinum sigmatopleura Dall, 1907
- Buccinum simplex (Middendorff, 1848)
- Buccinum simulatum Dall, 1907
- Buccinum solenum Dall, 1919 [4]
- Buccinum solidum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988
- Buccinum soyomaruae Okutani, 1977
- Buccinum striatellum Golikov, 1980
- Buccinum striatissimum G.B. Sowerby III, 1899
- Buccinum strigillatum Dall, 1891
- Buccinum subreticulatum Habe & Ito, 1965
- Buccinum superangulare Thorson & Oskarsson in Oskarsson, 1962
- Buccinum suzumai Habe & Ito, 1980
- Buccinum takagawai Habe & Ito, 1972
- Buccinum tanguaryi Baker, 1919
- Buccinum tenebrosum Hancock, 1846 : synonym of Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1792
- Buccinum tenuissimum Kuroda in Teramachi, 1933
- Buccinum tenuisulcatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
- Buccinum terebriforme Habe & Ito, 1980
- Buccinum terraenovae (Beck in Mörch, 1869)
- Buccinum thermophilum Harasewych & Kantor, 2002
- Buccinum totteni Stimpson, 1865 - thin whelk : synonym of Buccinum polare Gray, 1839
- Buccinum trecostatum Tiba, 1980
- Buccinum tsubai Kuroda, 1933 [5]
- Buccinum tumidulum G.O. Sars, 1878
- Buccinum tunicatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1977
- Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 - waved whelk
- Buccinum unuscarinatum Tiba, 1981
- Buccinum verkruzeni Kobelt, 1882
- Buccinum viridum Dall, 1889 - turban whelk, turban whelk
- Buccinum wakuii Ito & Habe, 1980
- Buccinum yokomaruae Yamashita & Habe, 1965
- Buccinum zelotes Dall, 1907
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