Buccinulum linea

Buccinulum linea
Shell (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Tudiclidae
Genus:	Buccinulum
Species:	B. linea
Binomial name
Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
Synonyms
List Buccinulum (Chathamina) characteristica Finlay, 1928 Buccinulum (Evarnula) caelatum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Evarnula) gracillimum Powell, 1934 Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Evarnula) squalidum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum Finlay, 1926 Buccinulum caelatum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum multilineum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum squalidum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum sufflatum Finlay, 1926 Buccinulum waitangiensis Powell, 1933 Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784 (basionym) Cominella striata Hutton, 1875 † Euthria lineata "Martyn" 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 †

Buccinulum linea, commonly known as the lined whelk, is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae. It is found only in New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands.

Further reading

• Quoy, H. E. Th. & Gaimard, P., 1833 Mollusques. Zoologie. In Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville, vol. 2(2), p. 321–686
• Fischer-Piette, E. & Beigbeder, J., 1944. Catalogue des types de gastéropodes marins conservés au laboratoire de Malacologie. VI. Mitridae, Marginellidae, Olividae, Columbellidae et Conidae. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 16(1): 448–462, sér. 2° série
• Beu A., Cernohorsky W.O., Climo F.M., Dell R.K., Fleming C.A., Marshall B.A., Ponder W.F, Powell W.B., 1976. - A Neotype for Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784 (Mollusca, Buccinidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6(2): 221-225
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1