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 cyaneum Bruguière, 1789

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

*Buccinum striatum*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1835	junior homonym
*Buccinum bromsi*	Hägg, 1904	synonym
*Buccinum gouldii*	A. E. Verrill, 1882	synonym
*Buccinum groenlandicum*	Chemnitz, 1788	synonym
*Buccinum patulum*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym; nom. inval.
*Buccinum perdix*	(Mörch, 1870)	synonym
*Buccinum tenebrosum*	Hancock, 1846	synonym
*Buccinum undulatum*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Tritonium groenlandicum*	Mörch, 1857	synonym
*Tritonium groenlandicum perdix*	Mörch, 1870	synonym

Literature

original description	Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4].
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.
additional source	Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR. 116: 1-292 [In Russian].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1789. 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:138862