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):
- Austrosiphonidae <small>Cotton & Godfrey, 1938</small>
- Belomitridae <small>Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012</small>
- Buccinanopsidae <small>Galindo, Puillandre, Lozouet & Bouchet, 2016</small>
- Buccinidae <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small>
- Busyconidae <small>Wade, 1917 (1867)</small>
- Chauvetiidae <small>Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022</small>
- Colubrariidae <small>Dall, 1904</small>
- Columbellidae <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
- Cominellidae <small>Gray, 1857</small>
- Dolicholatiridae <small>Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022</small>
- â Echinofulguridae <small>Petuch, 1994</small>
- Eosiphonidae <small>Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022</small>
- Fasciolariidae <small>Gray, 1853</small>
- Melongenidae <small>Gill, 1871 (1854)</small>
- Nassariidae <small>Iredale, 1916 (1835)</small>
- Pisaniidae <small>Gray, 1857</small>
- Prodotiidae <small>Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022</small>
- Prosiphonidae <small>Powell, 1951</small>
- Retimohniidae <small>Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2022</small>
- Tudiclidae <small>Cossmann, 1901</small>
- Some genera are treated as unassigned within the superfamily Buccinoidea: Buccinoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)
- Afrocominella <small>Iredale, 1918</small>
- Aidemofusus <small>Kosyan & Kantor, 2013</small>
- Angistoma <small>F. Sandberger, 1861</small> âÂÂ
- Aquilofusus <small>Kautsky, 1925</small> âÂÂ
- Atkinsonella <small>H. J. Finlay, 1930</small> âÂÂ
- Austrocominella <small>Ihering, 1907</small> âÂÂ
- Austrosphaera <small>Furque & Camacho, 1949</small> âÂÂ
- Bartonia <small>Cossmann, 1901</small> âÂÂ
- Belophos <small>Cossmann, 1901</small> âÂÂ
- Buccipagoda <small>Ponder, 2010</small>
- Burnupena <small>Iredale, 1918</small>
- Chickcharnea <small>Petuch, 2002</small>
- Coptochetus <small>Cossmann, 1889</small> âÂÂ
- Cyrtochetus <small>Cossmann, 1889</small> âÂÂ
- Daphnobela <small>Cossmann, 1896</small> âÂÂ
- Egotistica <small>Marwick, 1934</small> âÂÂ
- Eosiphonalia <small>Ruth, 1942</small> âÂÂ
- Euryochetus <small>Cossmann, 1896</small> âÂÂ
- Euthrenopsis <small>A. W. B. Powell, 1929</small>
- Fascinus <small>Hedley, 1903</small>
- Fax <small>Iredale, 1925</small>
- Glypteuthria <small>Strebel, 1905</small>
- Godfreyena <small>Iredale, 1934</small>
- Iosepha <small>Tenison Woods, 1879</small>
- Jerrybuccinum <small>Kantor & Pastorino, 2009</small>
- Kergipenion <small>Fletcher, 1938</small> âÂÂ
- Loochooia <small>MacNeil, 1961</small> âÂÂ
- Lyrofusus <small>De Gregorio, 1880</small> âÂÂ
- Macron <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853</small>
- Microdeuthria <small>Pastorino, 2016</small>
- Nassicola <small>H. J. Finlay, 1924</small> âÂÂ
- Nicema <small>Woodring, 1964</small>
- Odontobasis <small>Meek, 1876</small> âÂÂ
- Oligonalia <small>Lozouet, 2021</small> âÂÂ
- Ornopsis <small>Wade, 1916</small> âÂÂ
- Pangoa <small>Marwick, 1931</small> âÂÂ
- Paracominia <small>A. W. B. Powell & Bartrum, 1929</small> âÂÂ
- Parvisipho <small>Cossmann, 1889</small> âÂÂ
- Pomahakia <small>Finlay, 1927</small> âÂÂ
- Pseudofax <small>H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937</small> âÂÂ
- Pseudoneptunea <small>Kobelt, 1882</small>
- Pseudotylostoma <small>Ihering, 1903</small> âÂÂ
- Pseudovaricia <small>Tate, 1888</small> âÂÂ
- Ptychosalpinx <small>Gill, 1867</small>
- Ruscula <small>T. L. Casey, 1904</small> âÂÂ
- Sagenotriton <small>B. A. Marshall & Walton, 2019</small>
- Searlesia <small>Harmer, 1914</small> âÂÂ
- Sulcosinus <small>Dall, 1891</small>
- Suessionia <small>Cossmann, 1889</small> âÂÂ
- Tortisipho <small>Cossmann, 1889</small> âÂÂ
- Varicosipho <small>Cossmann, 1901</small> âÂÂ
- Wrigleya <small>Glibert, 1963</small> âÂÂ
- Zelandiella <small>H. J. Finlay, 1926</small> âÂÂ
Synonyms
- Alectrionidae <small>Dall, 1908</small>: synonym of Nassariinae <small>Iredale, 1916 (1835)</small>
- Anachidae <small>Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972</small>: synonym of Columbellidae <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
- Buccinulidae <small>Finlay, 1928</small>: synonym of Buccinulini <small>Finlay, 1928</small>
- Cominellidae: synonym of Buccinidae <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small>
- Nassidae <small>Swainson, 1835</small>: synonym of Nassariidae <small>Iredale, 1916 (1835)</small>
- Neptuneidae <small>Stimpson, 1865</small>: synonym of Buccinidae <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small>
- Peristerniidae <small>Tryon, 1880</small>: synonym of Peristerniinae <small>Tryon, 1880</small>
- Pyrenidae <small>Suter, 1909</small>: synonym of Columbellidae <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
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