Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative spelling: Tritonium (Buccinum)
Synonyms: Bathybuccinum Golikov and Sirenko 1988, Buccinum (Madiella), Madiella Wenz 1943, Volutharpa Fisher 1855
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Buccininae according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022
See also Abbott 1974, Bellomo 1993, Domènech and Martinell 1982, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Rosenberg 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Titova 1994 and Woodring 1938
Sister taxa: Angistoma, Austrobuccinum, Buccinini, Buccinulini, Colini, Coptochetus, Corneobuccinum, Eripachya, Euryochetus, Exilioidea, Fax, Kapala, Liomesini, Plicibuccinum, Pseudofax, Strombinophos, Thysanobuccinum
Subtaxa: Buccinum aciculatum Buccinum amoenum Buccinum angulosum Buccinum bistriatum Buccinum callosum Buccinum clavatulatum Buccinum cyaneum Buccinum declive Buccinum decussatum Buccinum digitale Buccinum dubium Buccinum finmarkianum Buccinum glaciale Buccinum humphreysianum Buccinum jordani Buccinum junghuhni Buccinum laevigatum Buccinum mississppiensis Buccinum modestum Buccinum nudum Buccinum ochotense Buccinum percrassum Buccinum physeatum Buccinum plectrum Buccinum polare Buccinum scalariforme Buccinum striatulum Buccinum strigillatum Buccinum tenebrosum Buccinum terebrale Buccinum undatum Buccinum vinculum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (26: British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec collections), Greenland (14), Iceland (6), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Namibia (7), the Netherlands (5), South Africa (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (27: Alaska, California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Iceland (1), Japan (8), the Netherlands (1), South Africa (5), the United Kingdom (8), United States (4: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Japan (3), United States (14: Alaska, Washington)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Alaska, Mississippi)
• Eocene of France (2), Indonesia (1), the United Kingdom (5)
• Cretaceous of Poland (1), Switzerland (1), United States (1: South Dakota)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 161 collections including 184 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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