Buccinidae
| Buccinidae | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Penion maximus, anterior end towards the bottom of the page | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Tudiclidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Type genus | |
| Buccinum | |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.
The family includes more than 1500 species.
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