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Family: Buccinidae buccinum whelks



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Max. Length 6 cm SHH
 
Aeneator fontainei
[]
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Aeneator recens
[]
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Max. Length 7.9 cm NG
 
Aleutijapelion aleuticus
[]
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Max. Length 9.8 cm NG
 
Aleutijapelion mirandus
[]
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Max. Length 9.1 cm DL
 
Americominella duartei
[]
No picture found
 
Ancistrolepis beringianus
[]
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Ancistrolepis eucosmius
[Corded whelk]
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Ancistrolepis magna
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm DL
 
Anna florida
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Anomacme smithi
[]
No picture found
 
Anomalisipho verkruezeni
[]
No picture found
 
Antarctodomus okutanii
[]
No picture found
 
Antarctodomus powelli
[]
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Max. Length 5.5 cm DL
 
Antarctodomus thielei
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos armillatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Antillophos bahamasensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Antillophos bayeri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm DL
 
Antillophos beauii
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos borneensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
Antillophos candeanus(d'Orbigny, 1842)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Antillophos candeanus
[Beaded phos]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Antillophos chazaliei
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos dedonderi
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos deprinsi
[]
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Antillophos durianoides
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Antillophos elegans
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos elegantissimus
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos hastilis
[]
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Antillophos idyllium
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos intactus
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos laevis
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos lucubratonis
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos makiyamai
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos miculus
[]
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Antillophos monsecourorum
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos nigroliratus
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos nitens
[]
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Antillophos opimus
[]
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Max. Length 2.4 cm DL
 
Antillophos oxyglyptus
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos scitamentus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.7 cm DL
 
Antillophos smithi
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos tsokobuntodis
[]
No picture found
 
Antillophos varicosus
[]
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Max. Length 2.8 cm DL
 
Antillophos virginiae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Antistreptus magellanicus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Antistreptus rolani
[]

Miller, Todd

Eastern Pacific and the A

Aulacofusus brevicauda(Deshayes, 1832)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Aulacofusus brevicauda
[Thick-ribbed whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm NG
 
Bailya intricata
[Intricate phos]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 2 cm DL
Bailya parva(Adams, 1850)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bailya parva
[West Indian baily shell]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm NG
 
Bailya weberi
[Banded phos]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.7 cm DL
 
Bartschia agassizi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.8 cm DL
 
Bartschia canetae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.4 cm DL
 
Bartschia frumari
[]
No picture found
 
Bartschia fusiformis
[]
No picture found
 
Bathybuccinum clarki
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.4 cm DL
 
Bathydomus obtecta
[]
No picture found
 
Bayerius inflatus
[]
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Bayerius nekrasovorum
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Belomitra chasmata
[]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Belomitra christina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.9 cm DL
 
Belomitra pourtalesii
[]
No picture found
 
Belomitra problematica
[]
No picture found
 
Belomitra quadruplex
[]

Miller, Todd

Arctic and Northern Pacif

Beringius behringi(Middendorff, 1848)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Beringius behringi
[Behring's whelk]
No picture found
 
Beringius crebricostatus
[Thick-cord whelk]
No picture found
 
Beringius eyerdami
[]
No picture found
 
Beringius frielei
[]
No picture found
 
Beringius indentatus
[]
No picture found
 
Beringius kennicottii
[Rotund whelk]
No picture found
 
Beringius stimpsoni
[Stimpson's whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm DL
 
Beringius turtoni
[]
No picture found
 
Beringius undatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.4 cm NG
 
Boreancistrolepis excelsus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm DL
 
Buccinum abyssorum
[Shingled whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum aleuticum
[Aleut whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum amaliae
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum angulosum
[Angular whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum aniwanum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum baerii
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum bayani
[Kaga whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.6 cm DL
 
Buccinum belcheri
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum beringense
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum bizikovi
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum bulimuloideum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum chartium
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum chinoi
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum chishimanum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Buccinum ciliatum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum cnismatum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.8 cm DL
 
Buccinum cyaneum
[Bluish whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum diplodetum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.2 cm NG
 
Buccinum donovani
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum eugrammatum
[Lirate whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm DL
 
Buccinum finmarkianum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum fragile
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum fringillum
[Finch whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Buccinum frustulatum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.9 cm NG
 
Buccinum gadusense
[]

Miller, Todd

Northeast Pacific, Northe
Max. Length 8 cm DL
Buccinum glacialeLinnaeus, 1761

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Buccinum glaciale
[Glacial whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum golikovi
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum gouldii
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum gulbini
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum hasegawai
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic and Me
Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
Buccinum humphreysianumBennett, 1824

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Buccinum humphreysianum
[Humphrey's buccinum]
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Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Buccinum hydrophanum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum inexhaustum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum isaotakii
[Isaotaki buccinum]
No picture found
 
Buccinum kadiakense
[Kodiak whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Buccinum kjennerudae
[]
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Max. Length 8 cm SHH
 
Buccinum kushiroense
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum macleani
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum maltzani
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.4 cm DL
 
Buccinum micropoma
[Berry whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum midori
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum moerchi
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum moerchianum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm DL
 
Buccinum nivale
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum obsoletum
[]

Coltro, Marcus

East Pacific.

Buccinum ochotense(Middendorff, 1848)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Buccinum ochotense
[Okhotsk whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum oedematum
[Swollen whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm SHH
 
Buccinum opisoplectum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum orotundum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum palssoni
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum pemphigus
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum percrassum
[Crude whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum physematum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum picturatum
[Painted whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum planeticum
[Wandering whelk]

Miller, Todd

Northeast Pacific and the
Max. Length 6 cm NG
Buccinum plectrumStimpson, 1865

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Buccinum plectrum
[Sinuous whelk]

Miller, Todd

Northern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 6.7 cm DL
Buccinum polareGray, 1839

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Buccinum polare
[Polar whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum rondinum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum rossellinum
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northern Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHH
Buccinum rossicumDall, 1907

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Buccinum rossicum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum sandersoni
[]

Miller, Todd

Eastern Pacific, Northern
Max. Length 8.4 cm DL
Buccinum scalariformeMoller, 1842

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Buccinum scalariforme
[Ladder whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm DL
 
Buccinum sericatum
[Silky whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum sigmatopleura
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum simulatum
[]

Miller, Todd

Northeast Pacific and the

Buccinum solenumDall, 1919

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Buccinum solenum
[Solen whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 12 cm SHH
 
Buccinum striatissimum
[Finely-striate buccinum]
No picture found
 
Buccinum strigillatum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum taphrium
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum tenebrosum
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum tenellum
[Pleated whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum thermophilum
[]
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Buccinum totteni
[Thin whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum tsubai
[]
No picture found
 
Buccinum tumidulum
[]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Max. Length 10.2 cm SHL
Buccinum undatumLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Buccinum undatum
[Waved whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccinum viridum
[Turban whelk]
No picture found
 
Buccipagoda achilles
[]
No picture found
 
Buccipagoda ponderi
[]
No picture found
 
Cantharus cancellarius
[Cancellate Cantharus]
No picture found
 
Cantharus cecillei
[]
No picture found
 
Cantharus egregius
[]
No picture found
 
Cantharus erythrostoma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Cantharus iostomus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ShH
 
Cantharus leucotaeniatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Cantharus massena
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm ShH
Cantharus melanostomus(Sowerby I, 1825)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cantharus melanostomus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Cantharus multangulus
[Ribbed Cantharus]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm ShH
Cantharus pulcher(Reeve, 1846)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cantharus pulcher
[]

Modi, Shuanak

Western Indian Ocean

Cantharus spiralisGray, 1839

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Cantharus spiralis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 3 cm ShH
Cantharus wagneri(Anton, 1839)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cantharus wagneri
[Wagner's goblet]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShH
 
Cantharus wrightae
[Wright's Cantharus]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
 
Cavineptunea monstrosa
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia affinis
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia brunnea
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia candidissima
[]

Simon, Viktor

Mediterranean Sea.

Chauvetia decorataMonterosato, 1889

Photo by Simon, Viktor
 
Chauvetia decorata
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia giunchiorum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Chauvetia helenae
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia lefebvrii
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia lineolata
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia mamillata
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia procerula
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia recondita
[]
No picture found
 
Chauvetia ventrosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.4 cm DL
 
Chlanidota anomala
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm DL
 
Chlanidota chordata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.0 cm DL
 
Chlanidota densesculpta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.0 cm DL
 
Chlanidota invenusta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Chlanidota palliata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.0 cm DL
 
Chlanidota paucispiralis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.3 cm DL
 
Chlanidota signeyana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Chlanidotella modesta
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Western Atlantic, Antarct
Max. Length 4 cm DL
Chlanificula thieleiPowell, 1958

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Chlanificula thielei
[]
No picture found
 
Clinopegma magnum
[Helmet whelk]
No picture found
 
Colubraria albometulaformis
[]
No picture found
 
Colubraria brinkae
[]
No picture found
 
Colubraria castanea
[]
No picture found
 
Colubraria ceylonensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm DL
 
Colubraria clathrata
[]
No picture found
 
Colubraria cumingi
[]
No picture found
 
Colubraria fantomei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Colubraria monroei
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm ShH
Colubraria muricata(Lightfoot, 1786)

Photo by FAO
 
Colubraria muricata
[Maculated dwarf triton]

Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Colubraria nitidula(Sowerby, 1833)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colubraria nitidula
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 4.9 cm SHL
Colubraria obscura(Reeve, 1844)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colubraria obscura
[]
No picture found
 
Colubraria souverbii
[]
No picture found
 
Colubraria suduirauti
[]
No picture found
 
Colubraria swifti
[]
No picture found
 
Colubraria tenera
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 4.0 cm DL
Colubraria testacea(Mörch, 1854)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colubraria testacea
[Obscure dwarf triton]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Colubraria tortuosa(Reeve, 1844)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colubraria tortuosa
[Twisted dwarf triton]
No picture found
 
Colus acosmius
[]
No picture found
 
Colus adonis
[]
No picture found
 
Colus altus
[]

Miller, Todd

Eastern Pacific and the A

Colus aphelus(Dall, 1890)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Colus aphelus
[Oblique whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus aurantius
[Broad-cord whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus barbarinus
[Santa Barbara whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus bristolensis
[]
No picture found
 
Colus brunneus
[Brown whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus caelatus
[]
No picture found
 
Colus calathus
[]
No picture found
 
Colus callorhinus
[Strombiform whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus capponius
[]
No picture found
 
Colus clementinus
[]
No picture found
 
Colus errones
[Wayward whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus esychus
[Esychus colus]
No picture found
 
Colus georgianus
[]
No picture found
 
Colus glyptus
[]
No picture found
 
Colus gracilis
[]
No picture found
 
Colus griseus
[Gray whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus halibrectus
[]
No picture found
 
Colus halidonus
[]
No picture found
 
Colus halimeris
[]
No picture found
 
Colus herendeenii
[Thin-ribbed whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus holboelli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Colus holboellii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Colus holbolli
[]
No picture found
 
Colus hunkinsi
[]
No picture found
 
Colus incisus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm DL
Colus islandicus(Mohr, 1786)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colus islandicus
[Iceland whelk]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic and th

Colus jeffreysianus(Fischer, 1868)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colus jeffreysianus
[]
No picture found
 
Colus jordani
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Colus latericeus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Colus martensi
[Marten's whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus nobilis
[]
No picture found
 
Colus obesus
[Plump whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus oceanodromae
[Seahorse whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus ombronius
[Shady whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus parvus
[]
No picture found
 
Colus periscelidus
[Garter whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Colus perminutus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm DL
 
Colus pubescens
[Hairy whelk]
No picture found
 
Colus pulcius
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Colus pygmaeus
[Pygmy whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Colus rushii
[]
No picture found
 
Colus sabini
[]
No picture found
 
Colus sapius
[]


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