Buccinidae

The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.

Buccinidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
true whelkPBDB
Sits inside
BuccinoideaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 149 million years on record.

The record covers at least 149.2 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 161.5 Mya to 0 Mya.

Middle Jurassic — about 0 of 3159 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 3 of 3159 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 9 of 3159 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 348 of 3159 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 368 of 3159 occurrencesEocene — about 973 of 3159 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 184 of 3159 occurrencesMiocene — about 628 of 3159 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 290 of 3159 occurrencesPleistocene — about 315 of 3159 occurrences165–159 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences159–154 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences154–148 Mya — about 1 occurrence148–143 Mya — about 1 occurrence137–132 Mya — about 2 occurrences132–126 Mya — about 4 occurrences126–121 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences121–115 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences115–110 Mya — about 1 occurrence110–104 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences104–99 Mya — about 4 occurrences99–93 Mya — about 9 occurrences93–88 Mya — about 4 occurrences88–82 Mya — about 8 occurrences82–77 Mya — about 28 occurrences77–71 Mya — about 59 occurrences71–66 Mya — about 240 occurrences66–60 Mya — about 174 occurrences60–55 Mya — about 215 occurrences55–49 Mya — about 117 occurrences49–44 Mya — about 183 occurrences44–38 Mya — about 451 occurrences38–33 Mya — about 212 occurrences33–27 Mya — about 74 occurrences27–22 Mya — about 118 occurrences22–16 Mya — about 140 occurrences16–11 Mya — about 174 occurrences11–5.5 Mya — about 288 occurrences5.5–0 Mya — about 652 occurrences149.2 Mya11.7 ka165 Mya0 Mya

3,159 occurrences of Buccinidae on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

3,159 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

434 formations

Cook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 30.53°N, 96.69°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.16°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 31.54°N, 87.52°WCook Mountain — 32.36°N, 92.98°WCook Mountain — 30.62°N, 96.53°WCook Mountain — 31.26°N, 93.82°WCook Mountain — 30.90°N, 96.38°WCook Mountain — 30.67°N, 96.37°WCook Mountain — 31.40°N, 93.71°WCook Mountain — 31.40°N, 94.52°WCook Mountain — 32.51°N, 92.12°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 93.57°WCook Mountain — 31.49°N, 93.47°WCook Mountain — 31.27°N, 95.61°WCook Mountain — 29.71°N, 96.54°WCook Mountain — 31.03°N, 95.63°WCook Mountain — 31.14°N, 95.92°WCook Mountain — 30.01°N, 97.16°WCook Mountain — 30.62°N, 96.56°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 29.95°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 95.52°WCook Mountain — 31.11°N, 96.28°WCook Mountain — 31.36°N, 95.42°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.82°WGatun — 9.04°N, 80.65°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.85°WGatun — 9.26°N, 79.91°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.87°N, 88.32°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.02°N, 85.85°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.57°WLisbon — 31.13°N, 87.93°WLisbon — 32.32°N, 89.16°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLisbon — 31.55°N, 87.91°WWeches — 30.67°N, 96.37°WWeches — 30.00°N, 97.15°WWeches — 31.78°N, 95.15°WWeches — 30.60°N, 96.61°WWeches — 30.90°N, 96.39°WWeches — 31.61°N, 94.64°WWeches — 31.56°N, 94.50°WWeches — 30.68°N, 96.58°WWeches — 31.21°N, 96.02°WWeches — 31.11°N, 96.28°WWeches — 31.53°N, 94.41°WWeches — 30.18°N, 97.47°WWeches — 31.34°N, 95.68°WWeches — 31.00°N, 96.83°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.84°WWeches — 31.25°N, 96.12°WWeches — 31.22°N, 96.06°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.90°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.15°N, 88.67°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.49°N, 88.10°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.31°N, 87.80°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 86.78°WPrairie Bluff — 31.95°N, 86.70°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 34.49°N, 89.01°WRipley — 31.79°N, 85.13°WRipley — 34.73°N, 88.95°WRipley — 34.49°N, 89.01°WRipley — 35.23°N, 88.61°WRipley — 33.89°N, 89.02°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRipley — 33.86°N, 96.83°WRipley — 35.29°N, 88.60°WLa Meseta — 64.23°S, 56.65°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.70°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.65°WLa Meseta — 64.26°S, 56.62°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WGosport Sand — 31.63°N, 88.02°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.68°WMoodys Branch — 31.40°N, 93.71°WMoodys Branch — 32.00°N, 92.08°WMoodys Branch — 31.82°N, 92.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.63°N, 91.82°WMoodys Branch — 32.11°N, 92.08°WMoodys Branch — 31.26°N, 93.82°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WMoodys Branch — 31.60°N, 92.80°WMoodys Branch — 31.92°N, 91.92°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 88.06°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.58°N, 86.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.08°N, 88.22°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.97°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.07°N, 88.03°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.37°N, 88.68°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.35°N, 86.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.45°N, 85.63°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 87.75°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.97°N, 87.86°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.52°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.65°N, 88.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.91°N, 87.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.96°N, 88.07°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.76°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WReklaw — 30.88°N, 95.38°WReklaw — 30.11°N, 97.32°WReklaw — 30.01°N, 97.26°WReklaw — 30.80°N, 96.72°WSanta Susana — 34.29°N, 118.69°WSanta Susana — 34.25°N, 118.74°WSanta Susana — 34.11°N, 118.57°WSanta Susana — 34.08°N, 118.54°WSanta Susana — 34.22°N, 118.76°WPorters Creek — 31.90°N, 86.88°WPorters Creek — 32.12°N, 87.26°WPorters Creek — 31.99°N, 87.29°WPorters Creek — 31.93°N, 87.02°WPorters Creek — 32.03°N, 87.45°WPorters Creek — 31.97°N, 87.20°WPorters Creek — 32.23°N, 88.00°WPorters Creek — 31.92°N, 87.08°WTimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WTimms Point Silt — 33.77°N, 118.30°WEscondido — 29.30°N, 98.84°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 98.89°WEscondido — 29.29°N, 98.97°WEscondido — 29.35°N, 99.02°WEscondido — 29.36°N, 99.06°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 99.16°WEscondido — 29.25°N, 99.28°WEscondido — 29.08°N, 100.00°WEscondido — 29.03°N, 100.25°WEscondido — 28.92°N, 100.27°WEscondido — 28.72°N, 100.47°WEscondido — 28.55°N, 100.33°WEscondido — 28.53°N, 100.32°WTachilni — 54.98°N, 162.85°WTachilni — 54.92°N, 163.87°WTachilni — 54.79°N, 163.36°WTachilni — 54.95°N, 163.05°WTachilni — 54.97°N, 163.17°WTachilni — 54.85°N, 163.41°WEsmeraldas — 0.95°N, 79.62°WEsmeraldas — 0.95°N, 79.74°WEsmeraldas — 0.97°N, 79.65°WEsmeraldas — 0.85°N, 78.98°WCastilletes — 11.93°N, 71.34°WCastilletes — 11.93°N, 71.36°WCastilletes — 11.95°N, 71.33°WAgatdal — 70.60°N, 53.05°WAgatdal — 70.60°N, 53.10°WNancy Point — 9.06°N, 81.80°WNancy Point — 9.15°N, 81.95°WNancy Point — 9.14°N, 81.95°WSobral — 64.25°S, 56.75°WMartinez — 38.21°N, 122.02°WMartinez — 38.05°N, 122.15°WMartinez — 38.02°N, 122.10°WMartinez — 38.06°N, 122.24°WMartinez — 38.90°N, 122.60°WTuscahoma — 31.82°N, 87.37°WTuscahoma — 31.83°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.95°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 31.54°N, 87.52°WTuscahoma — 38.95°N, 76.55°W

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The named rock units Buccinidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 410 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 355 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Buccinidae and its relatives

Eocene

Where Buccinidae and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

1,687 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,134 sites for Buccinidae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

501 references

Each of the 3,159 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 489 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Buccinidae

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No 3D scan of Buccinidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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