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Buccinum undatum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum undatum was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Northern Atlantic]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Buccinulum undatum by Spencer and Campbell (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. giganteum, B. kurodai, B. mississippiensis, B. pemphigus, B. physematum, B. planeticum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Buccinum undatum Linnaeus
1848Buccinum undatum Wood p. 35
1987Buccinulum undatum Spencer and Campbell
1993Buccinum undatum Bellomo p. 397
2008Buccinum undatum Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBuccinum
speciesundatum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Buccinum undatum (84795)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Buccinum undatum (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Buccinum undatum (84759 84761 84764 84796 84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Buccinum undatum (179048 179079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Buccinum undatum (97964)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greenland Buccinum undatum (75099 75102)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Buccinum undatum (78312)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Buccinum undatum (66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland Buccinum undatum (79894 79897 79980)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Buccinum undatum (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Buccinum undatum (66339 66344 66355 80049 80052)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Buccinulum undatum (57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Buccinum undatum (61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Buccinum undatum (75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Buccinum undatum (98196 98197 98200 98201 98205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) Buccinum undulatum (51019)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Buccinum undatum (227031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Buccinum undatum (84832)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland) Buccinum undatum (70839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Buccinum undatum (75055 75056 75057)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Buccinum undatum (122450 176524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Buccinum undatum (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (New Brunswick) Buccinum undatum (66532 66537)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Buccinum undatum (66432 66436 66437 66482 66500)