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Buccinoidea

Superfamily of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Buccinoidea
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Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.

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This superfamily is in the clade Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1] It had been placed within the infraorder Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997).

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These families are within Buccinoidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):[1]

Families brought into synonymy
  • Alectrionidae Dall, 1908: synonym of Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
  • Anachidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972: synonym of Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
  • Buccinulidae Finlay, 1928: synonym of Buccinulini Finlay, 1928
  • Cominellidae: synonym of Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  • Nassidae Swainson, 1835: synonym of Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
  • Neptuneidae Stimpson, 1865: synonym of Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  • Peristerniidae Tryon, 1880: synonym of Peristerniinae Tryon, 1880
  • Pyrenidae Suter, 1909: synonym of Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
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