Buccinum vinculum Hall and Meek 1855 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Genus uncertain. "Buccinum vinculum, n. sp." according to J. Hall and F. B. Meek 1855

Full reference: J. Hall and F. B. Meek. 1855. Descriptions of New Species of Fossils, from the Cretaceous Formations of Nebraska, with Observations upon Baculites ovatus and B. compressus, and the Progressive Development of the Septa in Baculites, Ammonites, and Scaphites. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5(2):379-411

Belongs to Buccinum according to J. Hall and F. B. Meek 1855

Sister taxa: 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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Great Bend of the Missouri, division No. 4 (Cretaceous of South Dakota)

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