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Buccinum
Buccinum is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Whelk
speciesBuccinum undatum
Buccinum baerii
speciesBuccinum baerii
bluish whelk
speciesBuccinum cyaneum
Ladder Whelk
speciesBuccinum scalariforme
Humphrey's Whelk
speciesBuccinum humphreysianum
Buccinum finmarkianum
speciesBuccinum finmarkianum
Buccinum terraenovae
speciesBuccinum terraenovae
glacial whelk
speciesBuccinum glaciale
Buccinum koreanum
speciesBuccinum koreanum
Buccinum fragile
speciesBuccinum fragile
sinuous whelk
speciesBuccinum plectrum
Buccinum opisoplectum
speciesBuccinum opisoplectum
Buccinum middendorffii
speciesBuccinum middendorffii
Buccinum yokomaruae
speciesBuccinum yokomaruae
Buccinum hydrophanum
speciesBuccinum hydrophanum
Buccinum viridum
speciesBuccinum viridum
Buccinum aniwanum
speciesBuccinum aniwanum
Buccinum ochotense
speciesBuccinum ochotense
Buccinum donovani
speciesBuccinum donovani
Buccinum mirandum
speciesBuccinum mirandum
Buccinum verkruezeni
speciesBuccinum verkruezeni
Buccinum nivale
speciesBuccinum nivale
berry whelk
speciesBuccinum micropoma
Buccinum polium
speciesBuccinum polium
Buccinum angulosum
speciesBuccinum angulosum
Buccinum belcheri
speciesBuccinum belcheri
Buccinum thermophilum
speciesBuccinum thermophilum
Buccinum bayani
speciesBuccinum bayani
Buccinum leucostoma
speciesBuccinum leucostoma
Buccinum polare
speciesBuccinum polare
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130214.