Buccinoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of molluscs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Buccinoidea

| image = Penion maximus (Tryon, 1881).jpg

| image_caption = A shell of Penion maximus

| taxon = Buccinoidea

| authority = Rafinesque, 1815

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision = See text

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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):

  • Austrosiphonidae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
  • Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Buccinanopsidae Galindo, Puillandre, Lozouet & Bouchet, 2016
  • Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  • Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)
  • Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022{{cite journal|author1=Kantor, Yuri I.|author2=Fedosov, Alexander E.|author3=Kosyan, Alisa R.|author4=Puillandre, Nicolas|author5=Sorokin, Pavel A.|author6=Kano, Yasunori|author7=Clark, Roger|author8=Bouchet, Philippe|title=Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|year=2022|volume=194|issue=3|pages=789–857|doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031}}
  • Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
  • Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
  • Cominellidae Gray, 1857
  • Dolicholatiridae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022
  • Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994
  • Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022
  • Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853
  • Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
  • Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
  • Pisaniidae Gray, 1857
  • Prodotiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022
  • Prosiphonidae Powell, 1951
  • Retimohniidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022
  • Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901
  • Some genera are treated as unassigned within the superfamily Buccinoidea

;Families brought into synonymy:

  • Alectrionidae Dall, 1908: synonym of Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
  • 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

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Image:Busycon contrarium 01.JPG|Busycon contrarium, a Busyconidae

Image:Colubraria tortuosa 01.JPG|Colubraria tortuosa, a Colubrariidae

Image:Columbella rustica 01.jpg|Columbella rustica, a Columbellidae

Image:Fasciolaria scalarina 01.JPG|Fasciolaria scalarina, a Fasciolariidae

Image:Melongena consors 01.jpg|Melongena consors, a Melongenidae

Image:Nassarius reeveanus forma zonalis 01.JPG|Nassarius reeveanus, a Nassariidae

Image:Phos senticosus 01.JPG|Phos senticosus, a Nassariidae

References

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{{Wikispecies|Buccinoidea}}

{{Reflist |refs=

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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Category:Neogastropoda

Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

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