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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Buccinum glaciale Linnaeus, 1761


Range: 80°N to 47°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 119 m (live 4 to 119 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80  mm

Synonymy

Tritonium glaciale (Linnaeus, 1761) 
Buccinum glaciale Linnaeus, 1761
Buccinum carinatum Phipps, 1774
Buccinum donovani Gray, 1839
Buccinum groenlandicum Hancock, 1846
Buccinum tubulosum Reeve, 1847
Tritonium angulosaea Middendorff, 1849
Tritonium commune Middendorff, 1849
Tritonium nodulosocarinatum Middendorff, 1849
Tritonium normale Middendorff, 1849
Tritonium hancockii Mörch, 1857
Tritonium minus Mörch, 1869
Tritonium tricarinatum Mörch, 1869
Buccinum elongatum Leche, 1878
Buccinum turritum Verkrüzen, 1878
Buccinum rodgersi Kobelt, 1883
Buccinum unicarinatum Norman, 1888
Buccinum richardi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912
Buccinum ekblawi F. C. Baker, 1919
Buccinum transliratum Dall, 1919

Details


Buccinum glaciale Linnaeus, 1761, p. 523
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Oceano Norvegico, usque in Spitsbergam
Range: 80°N to 50°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 119 m (live 4 to 119 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec
References: Matthew (1874); Posselt & Jensen (1899) M; Thorson (1944) l; Macpherson (1971) DdLNSEW{M}
Combining Genera:  Tritonium

Tritonium (Buccinum) glaciale var. hybr. angulosaea Middendorff, 1849b, p. 498
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Buccinum carinatum Phipps, 1774, p. 197, pl. 13, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Smeerenberg harbour [Spitzbergen]
Depth: 0 m
References: Phipps (1774) d; Macpherson (1971) s; Alexeyev (2003)

Tritonium (Buccinum) glaciale var. communis Middendorff, 1849b, p. 498
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated

Buccinum donovani Gray, 1839, p. 128, [Donovan pl. 154]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: South Sea
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland
References: Matthew (1874); Macpherson (1971) s; Alexeyev (2003)

Buccinum ekblawi F. C. Baker, 1919, p. 512-513, pl. 26, figs. 7-8; pl. 27, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Etah or Peeawahto Point
Range: 78°N
Maximum Reported Size: 68 mm
References: Macpherson (1971) s

Buccinum glaciale var. elongata Leche, 1878, p. 66
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Sta. 84 'Matotschkin scharr' [but sta. 84 (p. 6) corresponds to Möller Bay, lilla Karmakula]

Buccinum groenlandicum Hancock, 1846, 
[Synonym]
References: Macpherson (1971) s
Comments: Non Mörch, 1857.

Tritonium hancockii Mörch, 1857b, p. 84
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Greenland
Distribution: Greenland
References: Macpherson (1971) s
Comments: New name for 'Buccinum gro/nlandicum Hanc. Reeve. non Ch[emnitz]'.

Tritonium glaciale var. ? minor Mörch, 1869b, p. 16, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg, 5-15 brasses
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
References: Mörch (1869b) M
Comments: Nude name.

Tritonium (Buccinum) glaciale var. noduloso-carinata Middendorff, 1849b, p. 498, [Hancock 1846, pl. 5, figs. 8-9]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated

Tritonium (Buccinum) glaciale f. normalis Middendorff, 1849b, p. 498
[Not available]
Type Locality: Küste des Russischen Lapplandes
Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm
References: Middendorff (1849b) M
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Buccinum richardi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum rodgersi Kobelt, 1883, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum transliratum Dall, 1919, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s

Tritonium glaciale var. ß tricarinata Mörch, 1869b, p. 16, [Reeve 1846f, pl. 3, fig. 18]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg, 5-15 brasses
Comments: Non Bruguière, 1789.

Buccinum tubulosum Reeve, 1847a,  pl. 13, fig. 105
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Jeffreys (1880b) s

Buccinum turritum Verkrüzen, 1878, p. 217-218
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland
Range: 47°N ; 54°W
Maximum Reported Size: 62 mm
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland
References: Verkrüzen (1878) NSEWM; Jeffreys (1880b) s
Comments: Non Perry, 1811, nec Roemer, 1841.

Buccinum unicarinatum Norman, 1888, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Nude name in Mörch (1869b: 16).


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.]
Gray, J. E. 1839. Molluscous animals, and their shells The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage 101-142, pls. 33-38 Henry G. Bohn: London. [Stated date: -- Jul 1839.]
Leche, W. 1878. Öfversigt öfver de af Svenska Expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 Insamlade: Hafs-Mollusker Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (2)16(2) 1-86, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 12 Mar 1878.]
Linnaeus, C. 1761. Fauna Svecica  [xlviii] + 578 pp., frontispiece, 2 pls. Laurentii Salvii: Stockholmiae. [Stated date: 28 Jul 1761.]
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.
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.
Phipps, C. J. 1774. A Voyage towards the North Pole  viii + 253 pp., 12 pls. J. Nourse: London.
Reeve, L. 1847. Monograph of the genus Buccinum Conchologia Iconica 3 pls. 13-14
Verkruzen, T. A. 1878. Zur Fauna von Neu-Schotland (Nova Scotia) und Neufundland Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 5 208-230.

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