| Buccinulum Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Recent, | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Buccinulum vittatum vittatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Tudiclidae |
| Genus: | Buccinulum Deshayes, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Murex lineatus Gmelin, 1791 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Buccinulum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the whelk family Tudiclidae.
Buccinulum are small to medium-sized marine snails. Species vary significantly in shell sculpture and colouration and can be difficult to distinguish from one another.
The majority of extant and fossil species are from New Zealand. Most species are commonly abundant within the intertidal and shallow subtidal zone of New Zealand beaches.
Buccinulum is closely related to the genus Aeneator.
Cladogram of Austrosiphonidae and Tudiclidae
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Species within the genus Buccinulum include: