North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Buccinum ciliatum (O. Fabricius, 1780)

AphiaID

138860 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138860)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780

Synonymised names

Buccinum boreale Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Buccinum ciliatum var. laevioris Mörch, 1875 · unaccepted (synonym)

Buccinum pulcherrimum Verkrüzen, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)

Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Subspecies Buccinum ciliatum sericatum Hancock, 1846
Variety Buccinum ciliatum var. laevioris Mörch, 1875 accepted as Buccinum ciliatum (O. Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 401-402 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Buccinum ciliatum (O. Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138860 on 2026-05-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Buccinum ciliatum (O. Fabricius, 1780). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138860 on 2026-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

2010-10-19 15:51:00Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-03-29 15:45:07Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-08-16 14:03:08Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (of Buccinum boreale Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal. 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 375 [details]

original description (of Buccinum pulcherrimum Verkrüzen, 1882) Verkrüzen T.A. (1882). Buccinum L. (Fortsetzung). Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 9: 203-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16359996 [details]

original description (of Tritonium ciliatum O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 401-402 [details]

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors