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Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758

138878  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138878)

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Species
Buccinum acuminatum Broderip, 1830 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Buccinum undatum var. caerulea G. O. Sars, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 740 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138878 on 2026-05-11
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138878 on 2026-05-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2010-07-19 15:09:49Z
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Fraussen, Koen
2022-12-16 09:13:54Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 740 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Buccinum undatum var. flexuosa Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 286 [details] 

original description (of Buccinum undatum var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 294 [details] 

original description (of Buccinum undatum var. paupercula Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 286 [details] 

original description (of Buccinum undatum var. caerulea G. O. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496 [details] 

original description (of Buccinum solutum Hermann, 1781) Hermann J. (1781). Erster Brief über einige Conchylien an den Herausgeber. <em>Der Naturforscher.</em> 16: 50-56, pl. 2. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Buccinum acuminatum Broderip, 1830) Broderip, W.J. (1830). Description of two new species of <i>Buccinum</i> from the English and Irish seas. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 5: 44-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657407
page(s): 44-45, pl. 3 figs 1-2 [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring data in function of wind energy development in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Nylander, O. O. (1921). Egg-capsules of <i>Buccinum undatum</i> L. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 35(2): 33-34, pl. 1, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1712053 [details] 

additional source Smith, K. E.; Thatje, S.; Hauton, C. (2013). Thermal tolerance during early ontogeny in the common whelk <i>Buccinum undatum</i> (Linnaeus 1785): Bioenergetics, nurse egg partitioning and developmental success. <em>Journal of Sea Research.</em> 79: 32-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.01.008 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Emmerson, J.; Hollyman, P.; Bloor, I.; Jenkins, S. (2020). Effect of temperature on the growth of the commercially fished common whelk (<i>Buccinum undatum</i>, L.): A regional analysis within the Irish Sea. <em>Fisheries Research.</em> 223: 105437., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105437 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Martens, E. von. (1883). Ueber Löcher an der Spindelsäule von <i>Buccinum undatum</i>. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1883: 45-46 [20 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789337 [details] 
 
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LanguageName 
Dutch wulk  [details]
English waved whelkcommon whelk  [details]
French comteuxbulotbuccin ondé  [details]
German Wellhornschnecke  [details]
Linnean Collection online 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (281 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1140 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Buccinum donovani J. E. Gray, 1839 sensu G. O. Sars, 1878)
To Conchology (Buccinum undatum CARINATE WHORLS) 
To Conchology (Buccinum undatum FREAK) 
To Conchology (Buccinum undatum GIANT) 
To Conchology (Buccinum undatum JUVENILE) 
To Conchology (Buccinum undatum LARGE) 
To Conchology (Buccinum undatum SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Buccinum undatum YOUNG) 
To Conchology (Buccinum undatum) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Buccinum undatum) 
To GenBank (592 nucleotides; 367 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 Faroe Islands, Streymoy, Tórshavn, ex coll. J. Traus... 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Bergen, Egmond aan Zee, ... 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 North Sea, Jim Howe Bank, collected 1980-09-09, ex c... 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758) 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758) 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758) 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758) 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758) 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758) 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758) 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum Linnaeus,1758 United Kingdom, England, Kent, off Whitstable) 
To Malacopics (Buccinum undatum var. pauciflexuosa Lacourt,1974 HOLOTYPE France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine... 
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1418260) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum acuminatum Broderip, 1830)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum donovani J. E. Gray, 1839 sensu G. O. Sars, 1878)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum undatum var. flexuosa Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum undatum var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum undatum var. paupercula Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum undatum var. caerulea G. O. Sars, 1878)
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 074517) 
To ITIS
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