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Taxon: Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - whelks (mollusc)
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Types

Nominotypical taxon ofBuccinoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Buccininae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Variants

Incorrect spellingBuccininae (Family) Springsteen & Leobrera, 1986, orth. inval. Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 164, 364. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameChrysodomidae (Family) Dall, 1870 Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
IncludingBuccinulidae (Family) Finlay, 1928 Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
IncludingCominellidae (Family) Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
IncludingNeptuneidae (Family) Stimpson, 1865 Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
IncludingPhotidae (Family) Kröyer Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Questionably Correct nameCeryciidae (Family) van der Hoeven, 1850, nom. inval. Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 47 ("he may simply have corrected Buccinidae on linguistic grounds").
Vernacular nameles Buccins (Family)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namewulken

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namewhelks
buccinum whelks Ref: R.T. Abbott, 1990
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