Species under Buccinum
n= 47
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Buccinum abyssorum
Verrill, 1884
Shingled whelk Western Atlantic 5.5
Buccinum aleuticum
Dall, 1895
Aleut whelk East Pacific
Buccinum angulosum
Gray, 1839
Angular whelk Northeast Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic
Buccinum belcheri
Reeve, 1855
Arctic and Atlantic Ocean 5.6
Buccinum bizikovi
Kantor, Sirenko, Zvonareva & Fedosov, 2022
Northwest Pacific
Buccinum chinoi
Kantor, Sirenko, Zvonareva & Fedosov, 2022
Northwest Pacific
Buccinum ciliatum
Fabricius, 1780
Arctic, Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic 3.2
Buccinum cyaneum
Bruguiere, 1792
Bluish whelk Northwest Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic 5.8
Buccinum eugrammatum
Dall, 1907
Lirate whelk Northern Pacific
Buccinum finmarkianum
Verkrüzen, 1875
Arctic and Northern Atlantic 8
Buccinum fragile
Sars, 1878
Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic
Buccinum fringillum
Dall, 1877
Finch whelk Eastern Pacific
Buccinum frustulatum
Golikov, 1980
Western Atlantic 2
Buccinum glaciale
Linnaeus, 1761
Glacial whelk Northeast Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic 8
Buccinum golikovi
Kantor, Sirenko, Zvonareva & Fedosov, 2022
Northwest Atlantic and the Arctic
Buccinum gulbini
Kantor, Sirenko, Zvonareva & Fedosov, 2022
Northern Pacific
Buccinum hasegawai
Kantor, Sirenko, Zvonareva & Fedosov, 2022
Northwest Pacific
Buccinum humphreysianum
Bennett, 1824
Humphrey's buccinum Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea 5.5
Buccinum hydrophanum
Hancock, 1846
Arctic and Northern Atlantic 7
Buccinum isaotakii
Kira, 1962
Isaotaki buccinum Northwest Pacific
Buccinum kadiakense
Dall, 1907
Kodiak whelk To be filled
Buccinum kjennerudae
Bouchet & Warén, 1985
Atlantic Ocean 1.1
Buccinum kushiroense
Habe & Ito, 1976
Northwest Pacific 8
Buccinum maltzani
Pfeffer, 1886
Atlantic and the Arctic
Buccinum micropoma
Thorson, 1944
Berry whelk Arctic and Northern Atlantic 3.38
Buccinum moerchianum
(Dunker, 1858)
Pacific Ocean
Buccinum nivale
Friele, 1882
Northern Atlantic and the Arctic 2.59
Buccinum ochotense
(Middendorff, 1848)
Okhotsk whelk East Pacific
Buccinum oedematum
Dall, 1907
Swollen whelk Gulf of Alaska
Buccinum opisoplectum
Dall, 1907
Northwest Pacific 8.5
Buccinum percrassum
Dall, 1883
Crude whelk Arctic and Northern Pacific
Buccinum physematum
Dall, 1919
Arctic and Northeast Pacific
Buccinum picturatum
Dall, 1877
Painted whelk East Pacific
Buccinum planeticum
Dall, 1919
Wandering whelk East Pacific
Buccinum plectrum
Stimpson, 1865
Sinuous whelk Northeast Pacific and the Arctic 6
Buccinum polare
Gray, 1839
Polar whelk Northern Atlantic and the Arctic 6.7
Buccinum rossicum
Dall, 1907
Northern Pacific 7.5
Buccinum scalariforme
Moller, 1842
Ladder whelk Eastern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic 8.4
Buccinum sericatum
Hancock, 1846
Silky whelk Northern Atlantic 4.5
Buccinum solenum
Dall, 1919
Solen whelk Northeast Pacific and the Arctic
Buccinum striatissimum
Sowerby III, 1899
Finely-striate buccinum Northwest Pacific 12
Buccinum tenellum
Dall, 1883
Pleated whelk Arctic and Northeast Pacific
Buccinum thermophilum
Harasewych & Kantor, 2002
Northeast Pacific
Buccinum totteni
Stimpson, 1865
Thin whelk Western Atlantic Ocean
Buccinum tumidulum
Sars, 1878
Atlantic Ocean
Buccinum undatum
Linnaeus, 1758
Waved whelk Arctic, Northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean 10.16
Buccinum viridum
Dall, 1889
Turban whelk To be filled
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