Buccinum undatum

Buccinum undatum
Temporal range: 28.5Mya – present
A live individual of Buccinum undatum being held up above the substrate
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Buccinum
Species:
B. undatum
Binomial name
Buccinum undatum
Synonyms
  • Buccinum acuminatum Broderip, 1830 (dubious synonym)
  • Buccinum amaliae Verkrüzen, 1878
  • Buccinum donovani Sars G.O., 1878
  • Buccinum meridionale Verkrüzen, 1884
  • Buccinum pictum Verkrüzen, 1881 (dubious synonym)
  • Buccinum undatum var. caerulea Sars G.O., 1878
  • Buccinum undatum var. flexuosa Jeffreys, 1867
  • Buccinum undatum var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867
  • Buccinum undatum var. paupercula Jeffreys, 1867
  • Neptunea soluta (Hermann, 1781)

Buccinum undatum, the common whelk or the waved buccinum, is a large, edible marine gastropod in the family Buccinidae, the "true whelks".

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