Buccinum coronatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Buccinum coronatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Buccinum
Species:
B. coronatum
Binomial name
Buccinum coronatum
Golikov, 1980

Nomenclature edit

The species Buccinum coronatum Golikov, 1980, is valid, but the name is preoccupied several times. The name is thus invalid, but it has no synonym or replacement name. One is needed. .[1]

  • Buccinum coronatum Bruguière, 1789: synonym of Nassarius coronatus (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Buccinum coronatum Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Buccinum coronatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833: synonym of Nassarius distortus (A. Adams, 1852)

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References edit

  1. ^ a b {Fraussen, K. (2015). Buccinum coronatum Golikov, 1980. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490795 on 2016-05-17