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 oblitum Sykes, 1911

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

Species group names

*Buccinopsis striata*	Jeffreys, 1873	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Buccinum perexiguum*	Dautzenberg, 1925	synonym

Literature

original description	Sykes, E. R. (1911). On the Mollusca procured during the Porcupine expeditions. Supplementary notes, part IV. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 9: 331-348.
basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296.
additional source	Fraussen, K. (2010). Buccinidae checklist. Pers. Com.
additional source	Warén, A. (1993). New and little known mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia, Part 2. Sarsia. 78: 159-201.
additional source	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 oblitum Sykes, 1911. 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:138871