Buccinulum linea, commonly known as the lined whelk, is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.[1] It is found only in New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands.

Buccinulum linea
Shell (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Buccinulum
Species:
B. linea
Binomial name
Buccinulum linea
(Martyn, 1784)
Synonyms
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  • Buccinulum (Chathamina) characteristica Finlay, 1928
  • Buccinulum (Evarnula) caelatum Powell, 1929
  • Buccinulum (Evarnula) gracillimum Powell, 1934
  • Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum Powell, 1929
  • Buccinulum (Evarnula) squalidum Powell, 1929
  • Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum Finlay, 1926
  • Buccinulum caelatum Powell, 1929
  • Buccinulum multilineum Powell, 1929
  • Buccinulum squalidum Powell, 1929
  • Buccinulum sufflatum Finlay, 1926
  • Buccinulum waitangiensis Powell, 1933
  • Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784 (basionym)
  • Cominella striata Hutton, 1875
  • Euthria lineata "Martyn"
  • Fusus chemnitzii Anton, 1838
  • Fusus linea Martyn, 1784
  • Fusus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Murex lineatus Gmelin, 1791
  • Verconella dubia Marwick, 1924
  • Verconella thomsoni Marwick, 1924

References

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  1. ^ 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.

Further reading

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  • Quoy, H. E. Th. & Gaimard, P., 1833 Mollusques. Zoologie. In Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville, vol. 2(2), p. 321–686
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Beigbeder, J., 1944. Catalogue des types de gastéropodes marins conservés au laboratoire de Malacologie. VI. Mitridae, Marginellidae, Olividae, Columbellidae et Conidae. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 16(1): 448–462, sér. 2° série
  • Beu A., Cernohorsky W.O., Climo F.M., Dell R.K., Fleming C.A., Marshall B.A., Ponder W.F, Powell W.B., 1976. - A Neotype for Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784 (Mollusca, Buccinidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6(2): 221-225
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1