Bathybuccinum

Bathybuccinum
Shell of Buccinum yadai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Bathybuccinum
Golikov & Sirenko, 1989
Type species
Bathybuccinum bicordatum
Golikov & Sirenko, 1988

Bathybuccinum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

In 2022 this genus was redescribed as a synonym of the family Buccinum Lineaus, 1758

Species

Species within the genus Bathybuccinum include:

  • Bathybuccinum bicordatum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988: synonym of Buccinum bicordatum (A. N. Golikov & Sirenko, 1988) (superseded combination)
  • Bathybuccinum clarki Kantor & Harasewych, 1998:[2] synonym of Aleutibuccinum clarki (Kantor & Harasewych, 1998) (superseded combination)
  • Bathybuccinum higuchii Fraussen & Chino, 2009:[3] synonym of Buccinum higuchii (Fraussen & Chino, 2009) (original combination)
  • Bathybuccinum unicordatum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988: synonym of Buccinum unicordatum (A. N. Golikov & Sirenko, 1988) (superseded combination)
  • [Bathybuccinum yadai Fraussen & Chino, 2009:[4] synonym of Buccinum yadai (Fraussen & Chino, 2009) (original combination)

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