Buccinoidea
| Buccinoidea | |
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| A shell of Penion maximus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
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Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This superfamily is in the clade Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). It had been placed within the infraorder Neogastropoda 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):
- Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
- Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)
- Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
- Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
- † Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994
- Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853
- Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
- Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
- 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
References
- Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4.
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