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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1789


Range: 81°N to 41.3°N; 90°W to 0°W
Depth: 1 to 861 m (live 1 to 560 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 86  mm

Synonymy

Tritonium cyaneum (Bruguière, 1789) 
Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1789
Buccinum boreale Leach, 1819
Buccinum humphreysianum auct. non Bennett, 1825
Buccinum boreale Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
Buccinum undulatum Möller, 1842
Tritonium tenebrosum (Hancock, 1846) 
Buccinum tenebrosum Hancock, 1846
Tritonium genuinum Middendorff, 1849
Tritonium normale Middendorff, 1849
Tritonium groenlandicum Mörch, 1857
Tritonium perdix Mörch, 1868
Tritonium glabrum Mörch, 1869
Buccinum patulum G. O. Sars, 1878
Buccinum pulchellum Verkrüzen, 1881
Buccinum gouldii A. E. Verrill, 1882
Buccinum majus Posselt & Jensen, 1898
Buccinum percrassum Posselt & Jensen, 1898
Buccinum nudum Norman, 1902
Buccinum bromsi Odhner, 1915
Buccinum tanquaryi F. C. Baker, 1919
Buccinum hybridum Thorson, 1944

Details


Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1789, p. 266
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Groenland
Range: 79°N to 41.3°N; 90°W to 0°W
Depth: 1 to 861 m (live 1 to 560 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 58 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia; USA: Massachusetts
References: M. Sars (1851); Bush (1893) DLS; Bousfield (1964) W; Macpherson (1971) dlNEWM; Clarke (1974) {L}
Combining Genera:  Tritonium

Buccinum boreale Leach, 1819b, p. 464
[Synonym]
Type Locality: l'île des Lapins, Hare Island, de la baie de Baffin
Range: 70.4°N ; 54.9°W
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Mörch (1857b) s (of Tritonium gro/nlandicum Chemnitz); Tryon (1881) s
Comments: Non Broderip & Sowerby, 1829.

Buccinum boreale Broderip & Sowerby, 1829, p. 375-376
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Oceano Boreali, Kamtschatka
Maximum Reported Size: 66 mm
References: Tryon (1881) s?
Comments: Non Leach, 1819; Golikov (1980) synonymized this with B. ciliatum, but it is too large to be that species.

Buccinum bromsi Odhner, 1915, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s

Tritonium (Buccinum) var. cyanea f. genuina Middendorff, 1849b, p. 489
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Insel Sitcha
Maximum Reported Size: 36 mm
References: Middendorff (1849b) M
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Tritonium grönlandicum var. ? glabra Mörch, 1869b, p. 18, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg, 5-15 brasses

Buccinum gouldii A. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 497-498, [Gould ed. I, fig. 209]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Grand Bank; mouth of McKenzie River
Range: 46°N to 43°N; 70°W to 58°W
Depth: 110 m
References: Golikov (1980) s

Tritonium gro/nlandicum Mörch, 1857b, p. 84
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1788)
Type Locality: Greenland
Range: 78.33°N to 60.12°N; 72°W to 0°W
Depth: 4 to 128 m (live 4 to 50 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 47 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence
References: Matthew (1874); Posselt & Jensen (1899) DNSWM; Thorson (1944) dLlE{DNSW}
Comments: Non Hancock, 1846; based on Chemnitz X: 177.

Buccinum humphreysianum auct. non Bennett, 1825, 
[Not available]
References: Verrill (1882a) s
Comments: Misidentification by Verrill (1882); B. humphreysianum is restricted to the Eastern Atlantic (Bouchet & Warén 1985).

Buccinum hybridum Thorson, 1944, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 48.5 mm
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland
References: Thorson (1944) M

Buccinum magna sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for major? by Thorson (1944).

Buccinum groenlandicum var. major Posselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 202, pl. 2, fig. 8
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: West Greenland
Range: 72.78°N to 68.7°N; 57°W to 54°W
Depth: 18 to 55 m
Maximum Reported Size: 66 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM; Golikov (1980) s

Tritonium (Buccinum) tenebrosum var. cyanea f. normalis Middendorff, 1849b, p. 489, pl. 6, figs. 9-11
[Not available]
Type Locality: Küsten des Russischen Lapplandes
Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
References: Middendorff (1849b) M
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Buccinum nudum Norman, 1902, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum groenlandicum var. patula G. O. Sars, 1878, p. 260, pl. 25, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Hammerfaest
Range: 64.18°N to 47°N; 55°W to 45°W
Depth: 9 to 4 m
Maximum Reported Size: 48.4 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNE; Thorson (1944) M; Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum undulatum var. percrassa Posselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 195-196, pl. 1, fig. 7
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: West Greenland
Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) M; Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Non Dall, 1885, nec Posselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 209.

Tritonium perdix Mörch, 1868, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Beck
Range: 45°N to 42°N
Depth: 128 to 165 m
Maximum Reported Size: 33 mm
References: Mörch (1869b) M; Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Non Linnaeus, 1758.

Buccinum pulchellum Verkrüzen, 1881, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Non Blainville, 1829.

Buccinum tanguaryi sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for tanquaryi by Abbott (1974).

Buccinum tanquaryi F. C. Baker, 1919, p. 485, 511-512, pl. 26, figs. 1-2; pl. 27, fig. 3
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Etah or Peeawahto Point, Greenland
Range: 78°N
Maximum Reported Size: 67 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Golikov (1980) s
Comments: As tanqueryi on p. 485, an original misspelling.

Buccinum tenebrosum Hancock, 1846, 
[Synonym]
Range: 81°N to 60.72°N; 65°W to 0°W
Depth: 9 m
Maximum Reported Size: 44 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdSM{NEW}; Thorson (1944) {M}; Macpherson (1971) s; Golikov (1980) NEWs
Combining Genera:  Tritonium

Buccinum undulatum Möller, 1842a, p. 84
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland [Nanortalik, Baals River or Disko; see Schiötte & Warén (1992)]
Range: 77°N to 50°N; 67°W to 0°W
Depth: 6 to 228 m
Maximum Reported Size: 86 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Baffin Island, Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence
References: Möller (1842a) M; Posselt & Jensen (1899) N; F. C. Baker (1919) {N}; Macpherson (1971) DdSEW; Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Preoccupied by W. Wood, 1828.


Partial List of References

Baker, F. C. 1919. Mollusca of the Crocker Land Expedition to Northwest Greenland and Grinnell Island Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41 479-517, pls. 25-27. [Stated date: 01 Dec 1919.]
Broderip, W. J. and G. B. Sowerby. 1829. Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the museum of the Zoological Society Zoological Journal 4 359-379, pl. 9. [Stated date: -- Jan 1829.]
Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1789. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 1-344. Panckoucke: Paris.
Leach, W. E. 1819. Descriptions des nouvelles espèces d'Animaux découvertes par le vaisseau Isabelle dans un voyage au pôle boréal Journal de Physique, de Chimie, et d'Histoire Naturelle 88 462-467. [Stated date: -- Jun 1819.]
Middendorff, A. T. von. 1849. Beiträge zu einer Malacozoologia Rossica. II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen einschaler Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, Sciences Naturelles (6)6 329-516, pls. 1-11.
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1857. Fortegnelse over Gro/nlands Blo/ddyr Gro/nland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet 2 75-100 Commission hos Universitetsboghandler: Kjo/benhavn. [Stated date: 08 Apr 1857.]
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.
Posselt, H. G. and A. S. Jensen. 1898. Gro/nlands brachiopoder og Blo/ddyr Meddelelser om Gro/nland 23 xix + 298 pp., 2 pls., 1 fold-out map.
Sars, G. O. 1878. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Artktische Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Articae Norvegiae  xvi + 466 pp., 1 map, pls. 1-34, I-XVIII. Bro/gger: Christiania.
Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.

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