Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This superfamily is in the clade Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). It had been placed within the infraorder Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997).
Families
These families are within Buccinoidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
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Austrosiphonidae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
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Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
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Buccinanopsidae Galindo, Puillandre, Lozouet & Bouchet, 2016
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Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815
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Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)
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Chauvetiidae fam. nov.[1]
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Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
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Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
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Dolicholatiridae fam. nov.[1]
- † Echinofulguridae Petuch, 1994
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Eosiphonidae fam. nov.[1]
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Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853
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Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
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Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835)
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Pisaniidae Gray, 1857
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Prodotiidae fam. nov.[1]
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Retimohniidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 202[1]
- Some genera are treated as unassigned within the superfamily Buccinoidea
- Families brought into synonymy
- 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
References
- Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4.
