Subfamily Buccininae Rafinesque 1815 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Parent taxon: Buccinidae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Petuch 1997, Stilwell et al. 2004, Titova 1994 and Wilson 1994

Sister taxa: Accidenticulabrum, Aeneator, Agasoma, Aliofusus, Amarophos, Ancistrolepis, Antillophos, Aplus, Austrocominella, Austrofusus, Babylonia, Bailya, Beringiinae, Bolis, Brachysphingus, Buccinopsis, Buccinulum, Buccinum, Buccitriton, Burnupena, Caducifer, Cantharus, Chrysodomus, Clinopegma, Colinae, Colubraria, Colus, Cominella, Cymatophos, Cyrtochetus, Dipsaccus, Donovaniinae, Editharus, Egotistica, Engina, Enzinopsis, Eobuccinella, Euthrenopsis, Euthria, Gemophos, Hanetia, Hindsia, Iredalula, Janiopsis, Kaiparanura, Kergipenion, Khetella, Lacinia, Laevibuccinum, Latrunculus, Loochooia, Metaphos, Metula, Misifulgur, Monoptygma, Monostiolum, Nassa, Nawenia, Neosconsia, Nicema, Northia, Odontobasis, Ornopsis, Pangoa, Paracominia, Parancistrolepidinae, Pareuthria, Parkeristoma, Parvisipho, Pegocomptus, Penion, Perunassa, Phos, Pisania, Pisaniinae, Pisaninae, Pomahakia, Proneptunea, Prosipho, Pseudofulgur, Pseudolivinae, Pseudoneptunea, Ptychosalpinx, Savatieria, Scalaspira, Searlesia, Siphonalia, Siphonaliinae, Siphonofusus, Stantonella, Suessionia, Suessonia, Tasmeuthria, Terebrifusus, Tritonidea, Trominina, Truncaria, Varicosipho, Volutopsiinae, Wrigleya, Zaglenum, Zelandiella

Subtaxa: Ancistrolepidini Angistoma Austrobuccinum Buccinini Buccinulini Colini Coptochetus Corneobuccinum Eripachya Euryochetus Exilioidea Fax Kapala Liomesini Plicibuccinum Pseudofax Pseudoliomesus Serratifusus Strombinophos Volutharpa

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (7: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), Greenland (2), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (60: Alaska, California, Florida, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California, Oregon)

• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Costa Rica (8), Ecuador (1), Italy (1), Japan (9), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (8: Alaska, California, Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (6), Chile (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (1), Ecuador (1), Italy (4), Japan (9), Panama (23), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (17: Alaska, California, Florida)

• Oligocene of Denmark (3), France (9), Japan (10), United States (6: Alaska, Washington)

• Eocene of Antarctica (9), France (1), Japan (2), New Zealand (2), Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Oregon, Texas)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Greenland (3), New Zealand (5), Poland (1), United States (6: California, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1), United States (13: California)

Total: 289 collections including 368 occurrences

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