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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Buccinum sericatum Hancock, 1846


Range: 80°N to 47.5°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 6 to 402 m (live 6 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 85  mm

Synonymy

Buccinum humphreysianum auct. non Bennett, 1824
Buccinum sericatum Hancock, 1846
Tritonium flavulum Mörch, 1869
Buccinum moerchi Friele, 1877
Buccinum curtum Verkrüzen, 1881
Buccinum sulcatum Verkrüzen, 1881
Buccinum frielei Pfeffer, 1886
Buccinum laevius Knipowitsch, 1902

Details


Buccinum sericatum Hancock, 1846,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 80°N to 48°N; 93°W to 0°W
Depth: 6 to 402 m (live 6 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence
References: Macpherson (1971) dLlNEWM; Clarke (1974) D; Golikov (1980) S
Comments: Subspecies of B. ciliatum according to Alexeyev (2003).

Buccinum curtum Verkrüzen, 1881b, p. 292, 296
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. John's Hafen
Range: 47.5°N ; 52.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland
References: Verkrüzen (1881c) M
Comments: Replacement name for B. sulcatum; preoccupied by Dujardin, 1837.

Tritonium flavulum Mörch, 1869b, p. 17-18
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Beck MS
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg, 5-15 brasses
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
References: Mörch (1869b) M; Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Tritonium cilatum.

Buccinum frielei Pfeffer, 1886, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum humphreysianum auct. non Bennett, 1824, 
[Not available]
References: Macpherson (1971) s (of B. moerchi)
Comments: Misidentification by Dall (1879); B. humphreysianum does not occur in the Western Atlantic (Bouchet & Warén 1985).

Buccinum laevius Knipowitsch, 1902, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum mörchi Friele, 1877, p. 4, fig. 7 (radula), 7a (operculum)
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition sta. 18, 400 fms.
Range: 76°N to 52°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 6 to 27 m (live 6 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 34 mm
Distribution: Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Newfoundland
References: Macpherson (1971) DdLlNSEWM; Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Spelled mörchi and mo/rchi on p. 4, mo/rchi in plate caption.

Buccinum sulcatum Verkrüzen, 1881a, p. 43
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. John's Hafen
Range: 47.5°N ; 52.8°W
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland
References: Verkrüzen (1881a) NSEW; Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Non Bruguière, 1792.


Partial List of References

Friele, H. 1877. Preliminary report on Mollusca from the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition in 1876 Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 23(3) 1-10, 1 pl.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1869. Catalogue des Mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette la Recherche en juin 1838 Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 4 7-32.
Verkrüzen, T. A. 1881. Zusammenstellung der Buccinen der nördlichen Hemisphäre Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 13 42-44. [Stated date: -- Mar 1881.]
Verkrüzen, T. A. 1881. Bericht über meinen Besuch der grossen Bank von Neufundland im Sommer 1880 Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 8 82-100, pls. 3-4.

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