Buccinum undatum

Buccinum undatum; Temporal range: 28.5Mya – present
	A live individual of Buccinum undatum being held up above the substrate
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Tudiclidae
Genus:	Buccinum
Species:	B. undatum
Binomial name
	Buccinum undatum; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Buccinum acuminatum Broderip, 1830 (dubious synonym); Buccinum amaliae Verkrüzen, 1878; Buccinum donovani Sars G.O., 1878; Buccinum meridionale Verkrüzen, 1884; Buccinum pictum Verkrüzen, 1881 (dubious synonym); Buccinum undatum var. caerulea Sars G.O., 1878; Buccinum undatum var. flexuosa Jeffreys, 1867; Buccinum undatum var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867; Buccinum undatum var. paupercula Jeffreys, 1867; Neptunea soluta (Hermann, 1781);

Buccinum undatum, the common whelk or the waved buccinum, is a large, edible marine gastropod in the family Buccinidae, the "true whelks".

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