Buccinulum
Encyclopedia
Buccinulum is a genus of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Buccinidae
, the whelks.
The following species ware also named by A. Powell
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the whelks.
Species
Species within the genus Buccinulum include:- Buccinulum brunobrianoi Parth, 1993
- Buccinulum clarcki (Tenison - Woods, 1875)
- Buccinulum colenseni (Suter, 1908)
- Buccinulum fuscozonatum (SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1908) - Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
- Buccinulum linea flexicostatum DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956 - Buccinulum linea lineaBuccinulum linea lineaBuccinulum linea linea, or the lined whelk, is the nominate subspecies of the species Buccinulum linea. This is a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae. It is found only in New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands.-References:...
(MartynThomas MartynThomas Martyn was an English botanist and Professor of Botany at Cambridge University. He is sometimes confused with the conchologist and entomologist of the same name....
, 1784)
- Buccinulum linea flexicostatum Dell
- Buccinulum lineare Reeve, 1846
- Buccinulum mariae PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1940 - Buccinulum pallidum Finlay, 1928
- Buccinulum pallidum pallidum FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1928 - Buccinulum pallidum powelli PonderWinston PonderWinston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
, 1971
- Buccinulum pallidum pallidum Finlay
- Buccinulum pertinax von Martens, 1878
- Buccinulum pertinax finlayi PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1929 - Buccinulum pertinax pertinax (Martens, 1878)
- Buccinulum pertinax finlayi Powell
- Buccinulum robustum PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1929 - Buccinulum turrita (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
- Buccinulum vittatumBuccinulum vittatumBuccinulum vittatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae. It is the most varied and wide-ranging of the Baccinulum family, found across New Zealand and as far south as the sub-antarctic islands...
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)- Buccinulum vittatum bicinctum (HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1873) - Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1846) - Buccinulum vittatum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Buccinulum vittatum bicinctum (Hutton
The following species ware also named by A. Powell
- Buccinulum bountyensis PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1929 - Buccinulum colensoi (SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1908) - Buccinulum otagoensis PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1929 - Buccinulum venusta PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1929