Superfamily BUCCINOIDEA

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Introduction

The superfamily Buccinoidea is is distributed across all oceans and from Arctic to Antarctic waters. It is one of the largest groups of Neogastropoda, currently including around 3390 extant species in 337 genera, with 359 species in 86 genera recorded from Australia. The arrangement followed here is based on the revised classification of Kantor et al. (2022) who used molecular data, supplemented by anatomical and radula data, to substantially revise the relationships between the previously recognised families and subfamilies. They presented a new classification including 20 families and 23 subfamilies, and reclassified all but 40 genera.

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [254]

Kantor, Y.I. 2003. Comparative anatomy of the stomach of Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies 69: 203–220

Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y, Clark, R. & Bouchet, P. 2022. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194: 789-857

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [61]

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