NZ Mollusca - Buccinulum linea

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Taxonomy

Family:

TUDICLIDAE

Full Classification:

Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Buccinulum (Genus)
> linea (Species)

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Genus Synonyms:

=Buccinulum (Chathamina) Finlay, 1928
=Buccinulum (Euthrena) Iredale, 1918
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) Finlay, 1926
=Euthrena Iredale, 1918
=Evarne H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Evarnula Finlay, 1926

Synonymised Names:

=Buccinulum (Chathamina) characteristica Finlay, 1928
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) gracillimum Powell, 1934
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum aupouria Powell, 1940
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) squalidum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum Finlay, 1926
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum decoratum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum caelatum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum multilineum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum squalidum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum sufflatum Finlay, 1926
=Buccinulum sufflatum decoratum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum waitangiensis Powell, 1933
=Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784
=Cominella striata Hutton, 1875
=Fusus chemnitzii Anton, 1838
=Fusus linea Martyn, 1784
=Fusus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Murex lineatus Gmelin, 1791
=Verconella dubia Marwick, 1924
=Verconella thomsoni Marwick, 1924

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WoRMS (Marine Species)

Images: Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)

Porirua Harbour, Wellington. 37mm

From off Northand East Coast. 34mm

From shallow water, Auckland East Coast, NZ

Taxonomy

Family:

TUDICLIDAE

Full Classification:

Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Buccinulum (Genus)
> linea (Species)

show/hide full taxonomy

Genus Synonyms:

=Buccinulum (Chathamina) Finlay, 1928
=Buccinulum (Euthrena) Iredale, 1918
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) Finlay, 1926
=Euthrena Iredale, 1918
=Evarne H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Evarnula Finlay, 1926

Synonymised Names:

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Details: Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)

Size/Grows to:

Height 49mm, Width 23mm

Distribution:

North, South and Chatham Islands. Under rocks from low tide

Geographical Range:

ACFM

Notes:

Lined Whelk, Marine, Native - Endemic

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Distribution Map

References and Publications

Scott, I. Sep/1989 Buccinulum linea or Buccinulum lineum?, Poirieria, 16(1) (p.6)
Gibbs, D.W. Aug/1988 Mahia Peninsula, Poirieria, 15(5) (p.17)
Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.198)
Beu, A.G., Cernohorsky, W.O., Climo, F.M., Dell, R.K., Fleming, C.A., Marshall, B.A., Maxwell, P.A., Ponder, W.F., Powell, A.W.B. 1976 A Neotype for Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784 (Mollusca, Buccinidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 6(2) (p.221)
Ponder, W.F. 1971 A review of the New Zealand recent and fossil species of Buccinulum Deshayes (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Buccinidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1(3) (p.234)

Key to Geographical Ranges

The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.

Kermadec Islands

Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape

Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island

Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island

Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island

An=

Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand

Fw =

Freshwater

L =

Land

N =

North Island

S =

South Island

R =

Recent

Sf =

Subfossil

Fo =

Fossil