Overview
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Buccininae is a member of the Family Buccinidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Buccininae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder: Neogastropoda
Thiele, 1929
- Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
- Family: Buccinidae
C.S. Rafinesque, 1815 - Whelks
- Subfamily: Buccininae
- Family: Buccinidae
C.S. Rafinesque, 1815 - Whelks
- Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
- Infraorder: Neogastropoda
Thiele, 1929
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Buccininae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Tribe (7): Ancistrolepidini · Buccinini · Buccinulini · Colini · Cominellini · Liomesini · Prosiphonini
- Genus (34): Aeneator · Afrocominella · Americominella · Ancistrolepis · Antillophos · Austrofusus · Bathydomus · Belomitra · Buccinulum · Buccinum · Burnupena · Chrysodomus · Clea · Cominella · Eosipho · Euthrenopsis · Euthria · Euthriostoma · Fax · Japelion · Kelletia · Liomesus · Neoteron · Neptunea · Penion · Plicifusus · Prosipho · Pseudoliomesus · Siphonofusus · Sulcosinus · Tasmeuthria · Trajana · Truncaria · Volutharpa
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 690 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Buccininae.
Genera
Aeneator
An aeneator (Latin: ) refers to a classical Roman professional performer of a horn who was attached to a Roman miltiary unit. The word comes from Latin aeneus or aheneus, "brazen", from aes, "copper alloy". [more]
Afrocominella
Afrocominella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae. [more]
Americominella
Americominella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae. [more]
Ancistrolepis
Ancistrolepis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [more]
Antillophos
Antillophos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [more]
Austrofusus
Austrofusus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [more]
Bathydomus
Belomitra
Buccinulum
Buccinum
Buccinum is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [more]
Burnupena
Chrysodomus
Clea
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Cominella
Eosipho
Euthrenopsis
Euthria
Euthriostoma
Fax
Japelion
Kelletia
Liomesus
Neoteron
Neptunea
Penion
Plicifusus
Prosipho
Pseudoliomesus
Siphonofusus
Sulcosinus
Tasmeuthria
Trajana
Truncaria
Volutharpa
At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Volutharpa.
More info about the Genus Volutharpa may be found here.
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