Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Buccinidae > Subfamily Buccininae > Genus Buccinum

Buccinum abyssorum A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1884

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Buccinum*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Tritonium*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Tritonium (Buccinum)*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: shingled whelk

Literature

original description	Verrill A. E. (1884). Second catalogue of mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England Coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Buccinum abyssorum A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1884. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138857