Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Buccinulum undatum

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Buccinum according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Bellomo 1993, Rosenberg 2005, Spencer and Campbell 1987 and Wood 1848

Sister taxa: Buccinum aciculatum, Buccinum amoenum, Buccinum angulosum, Buccinum bistriatum, Buccinum callosum, Buccinum clavatulatum, Buccinum cyaneum, Buccinum declive, Buccinum decussatum, Buccinum digitale, Buccinum dubium, Buccinum finmarkianum, Buccinum glaciale, Buccinum humphreysianum, Buccinum jordani, Buccinum junghuhni, Buccinum laevigatum, Buccinum mississppiensis, Buccinum modestum, Buccinum nudum, Buccinum ochotense, Buccinum percrassum, Buccinum physeatum, Buccinum plectrum, Buccinum polare, Buccinum saundersi, Buccinum scalariforme, Buccinum striatulum, Buccinum terebrale

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (11: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), Greenland (3), Iceland (6), Ireland (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (11: Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Belgium (2), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (6)

Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences

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