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Buccinum scalariforme

Description

Buccinum scalariforme, common name the silky buccinum, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2305022https://www.gbif.org/species/2305022
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)90914https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90914
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum scalariforme
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum scalariforme
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBuccinumLinnaeus 1758
speciesBuccinum scalariformeMøller 1842
Generic NameBuccinum
Scientific NameBuccinum scalariforme Møller, 1842
Name Published InMöller H.P.C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift [Copenhagen] 4: 76-97.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Buccinum scalariformespeciesbelongs to Buccinumstated with evidenceMöller, 1842
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Buccinidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Buccinidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Rosenberg. 2005. Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp
Common Name(s) Ladder Whelk
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccinum_scalariforme

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Buccinum rhodium Dall, 1919GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum rhodium
Buccinum lyperum Dall, 1919GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum lyperum
Buccinum elatium Tryon, 1880GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum elatium
Tritonium tenue elatior Middendorff, 1849GBIFformAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Tritonium tenue elatior
Buccinum tenue lyperum Dall, 1919GBIFvarietyAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum tenue lyperum
Buccinum tenue Gray, 1839GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum tenue
Buccinum tenue rhodium Dall, 1919GBIFvarietyAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum tenue rhodium
Tritonium tenue normalis Middendorf, 1849GBIFformAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Tritonium tenue normalis
Tritonium tenue (Gray J.E., 1839)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Tritonium tenue
Buccinum elatior (Middendorff, 1849)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum elatior
Buccinum tenue elatior (Middendorff, 1849)GBIFformAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : Buccinum tenue elatior

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1839Buccinum tenue Gray
1842Buccinum scalariforme Möller
2008Buccinum scalariforme Hendy et al.

References

Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp
Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Rosenberg, G. (2004) Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA. - via Catalogue of Life
Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. - via World Register of Marine Species
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species
Möller H.P.C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift [Copenhagen] 4: 76-97. - via World Register of Marine Species
Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA. - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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