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Buccinum polare

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum polare was named by Gray (1839) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Northern Atlantic.]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. giganteum, B. kurodai, B. mississippiensis, B. pemphigus, B. physematum, B. planeticum

Synonyms
  • Buccinum totteni was named by Stimpson (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Northern Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Buccinum polare by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Buccinum polare Gray
1861Buccinum totteni Stimpson
2005Buccinum totteni Rosenberg
2008Buccinum polare Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBuccinum
speciespolareGray 1839

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Buccinum polare Gray 1839
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Invalid names: Buccinum totteni Stimpson 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Buccinum tottenii (66338)