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Buccinoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Superfamily

Scientific name
  
Buccinoidea

Higher classification
  
Neogastropoda

Buccinoidea

Lower classifications
  
Buccinidae, Columbellidae, Buccinum undatum, Clea helena

Colubraria muricata buccinoidea colubrariidae in alimentazione buccind feeding movie 4


Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.

Contents

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).

Colubraria muricata buccinoidea colubrariidae in alimentazione buccind feeding


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

    Buccinoidea Wikipedia
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