Buccinulum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the whelk family Tudiclidae.[3][4][2]

Buccinulum
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Recent, 25.2–0.0 Ma
Apertural view of a shell of Buccinulum vittatum vittatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Buccinulum
Deshayes, 1830[1]
Type species
Murex lineatus
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[2]
  • Buccinulum (Chathamina) Finlay, 1928
  • Buccinulum (Euthrena) Iredale, 1918
  • Buccinulum (Evarnula) Finlay, 1926
  • Euthrena Iredale, 1918
  • Evarne H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Evarnula Finlay, 1926

Description edit

Buccinulum are small to medium-sized marine snails.[5][6] Species vary significantly in shell sculpture and colouration[5] and can be difficult to distinguish from one another.[6]

Distribution edit

The majority of extant and fossil species are from New Zealand.[7][8] Most species are commonly abundant within the intertidal and shallow subtidal zone of New Zealand beaches.[5][6]

Evolution edit

Buccinulum is closely related to the genus Aeneator.[4][6]

Cladogram of Austrosiphonidae and Tudiclidae[4][3][9][10]

Species edit

Species within the genus Buccinulum include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Buccinulum caelatum Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
  • Buccinulum clarckei (Tenison Woods, 1875): synonym of Tasmeuthria clarkei (Tenison Woods, 1876)
  • Buccinulum corneum (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Euthria cornea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Buccinulum ectypum Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Gemmocolus ectypa (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
  • Buccinulum finlayi Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum pertinax finlayi Powell, 1929 (original combination)
  • Buccinulum heteromorphum Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Buccinulum kaikouraense Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
  • Buccinulum maketuense Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Buccinulum marwicki Finlay, 1928: synonym of Buccinulum pertinax (E. von Martens, 1878)
  • Buccinulum marwicki marwicki Finlay, 1928: synonym of Buccinulum pertinax (E. von Martens, 1878)
  • Buccinulum motutaraense Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Buccinulum multilineum Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
  • Buccinulum mutabile Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum pertinax (E. von Martens, 1878)
  • Buccinulum pangoides Beu, 1973 : synonym of † Euthria pangoides (Beu, 1973)
  • Buccinulum scottae Marwick, 1965 : synonym of † Taron scottae (Marwick, 1965) (original combination)
  • Buccinulum squalidum Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
  • Buccinulum strebeli (Suter, 1908): synonym of Buccinulum vittatum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Buccinulum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
  • Buccinulum strebeli strebeli (Suter, 1908): synonym of Buccinulum littorinoides (Reeve, 1846)
  • Buccinulum sufflatum Finlay, 1926: synonym of Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
  • Buccinulum tenuistriatum Powell, 1929: synonym of Buccinulum pallidum Finlay, 1928
  • Buccinulum waitangiensis Powell, 1933: synonym of Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)

References edit

  1. ^ Deshayes G. P. (1830). Ency. Méth. (Vers.) 2(1): 143; Swainson 1837, Cat. For. Shells, 81.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Buccinulum Deshayes, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137700 on 2020-06-20
  3. ^ a b Kantor, Yuri I.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Kosyan, Alisa R.; Puillandre, Nicolas; Sorokin, Pavel A.; Kano, Yasunori; Clark, Roger; Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (3): 789–857. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812.
  5. ^ a b c Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 396 – 401. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
  6. ^ a b c d e Gemmell, Michael R.; Trewick, Steven A.; Crampton, James S.; Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Daly, Elizabeth E.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Beu, Alan G.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2018). "Genetic structure and shell shape variation within a rocky shore whelk suggest both diverging and constraining selection with gene flow". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 125 (4): 827–843. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/bly142.
  7. ^ a b c d e Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Beu, Alan G.; Maxwell, P.A. (1990). Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin. Vol. 58. Lower Hutt, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. ISSN 0114-2283. Archived from the original on 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  9. ^ Vaux, Felix; Crampton, James S.C.; Trewick, Steven A.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Beu, Alan G.; Hills, Simon F.K.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2018). "Evolutionary lineages of marine snails identified using molecular phylogenetics and geometric morphometric analysis of shells". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127 (October 2018): 626–637. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.009. PMID 29913310. S2CID 49303166.
  10. ^ Hayashi, Seiji (2005). "The molecular phylogeny of the Buccinidae (Caenogastropoda: Neogastropoda) as inferred from the complete mitochondrial 16s rRNA gene sequences of selected representatives". Molluscan Research. 25: 85–98.

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