Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Aeneator fontainei		Southeast Pacific	6 SHH	1839
Aeneator recens		Southwest Pacific		1951
Aleutijapelion aleuticus		Northeast Pacific	7.9 NG	1895
Aleutijapelion mirandus		Northeast Pacific	9.8 NG	2023
Americominella duartei		Western Atlantic.	9.1 DL	1972
Ancistrolepis beringianus		Western Atlantic.		1919
Ancistrolepis eucosmius	Corded whelk	East Pacific.		1891
Ancistrolepis magna		Arctic		1895
Anna florida		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	2008
Anomacme smithi		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.7 DL	1905
Anomalisipho verkruezeni		Arctic, Northeast Pacific		1876
Antarctodomus okutanii		Western Atlantic and Indi		1996
Antarctodomus powelli		Western Atlantic and Indi		1995
Antarctodomus thielei		Antarctic Indian Ocean	5.5 DL	1958
Antillophos armillatus		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos bahamasensis		Western Atlantic.	2 DL	2002
Antillophos bayeri		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1987
Antillophos beauii		Western Atlantic.	3.9 DL	1857
Antillophos borneensis		Western Central Pacific		1859
Antillophos candeanus	Beaded phos	Western Atlantic.	3.2 DL	1842
Antillophos chazaliei		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1900
Antillophos dedonderi		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos deprinsi		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos durianoides		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos elegans		Western Atlantic.	2 DL	1866
Antillophos elegantissimus		Western Central Pacific		1965
Antillophos hastilis		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos idyllium		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos intactus		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos laevis		Western Central Pacific		1961
Antillophos lucubratonis		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos makiyamai		Western Central Pacific		1961
Antillophos miculus		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos monsecourorum		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos nigroliratus		Western Central Pacific		1961
Antillophos nitens		Western Central Pacific		1901
Antillophos opimus		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos oxyglyptus		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	1901
Antillophos scitamentus		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos smithi		Western Atlantic.	3.7 DL	1886
Antillophos tsokobuntodis		Western Central Pacific		2005
Antillophos varicosus		Central Pacific		1849
Antillophos virginiae		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL	1942
Antistreptus magellanicus		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.5 DL	1902
Antistreptus rolani		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.4 DL	1986
Aulacofusus brevicauda	Thick-ribbed whelk	Eastern Pacific and the A		1832
Bailya intricata	Intricate phos	Western Atlantic.	1.8 NG	1884
Bailya parva	West Indian baily shell	Western Atlantic	2 DL	1850
Bailya weberi	Banded phos	Western Atlantic.	2 NG	1983
Bartschia agassizi		Western Atlantic.	3.7 DL	1941
Bartschia canetae		Western Atlantic.	6.8 DL	1944
Bartschia frumari		Western Atlantic.	3.4 DL	2008
Bartschia fusiformis		Western Atlantic.		1941
Bathybuccinum clarki		Western Atlantic.		1998
Bathydomus obtecta		Western Atlantic and Indo	4.4 DL	1912
Bayerius inflatus		Northwest Pacific		2020
Bayerius nekrasovorum		Northwest Pacific		2020
Belomitra chasmata		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1927
Belomitra christina		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1927
Belomitra pourtalesii		Western Central Atlantic.	2.9 DL	1881
Belomitra problematica		Indian Ocean.		1925
Belomitra quadruplex		Atlantic Ocean.		1882
Beringius behringi	Behring's whelk	Arctic and Northern Pacif		1848
Beringius crebricostatus	Thick-cord whelk	Eastern Pacific and the A		1877
Beringius eyerdami		Northeast Pacific		1959
Beringius frielei		Northeast Pacific		1895
Beringius indentatus		Northeast Pacific		1919
Beringius kennicottii	Rotund whelk	East Pacific.		1871
Beringius stimpsoni	Stimpson's whelk	Arctic and Northern Pacif		1860
Beringius turtoni		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	10 DL	1834
Beringius undatus		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar		1919
Boreancistrolepis excelsus		Northern Pacific	7.4 NG	2023
Buccinum abyssorum	Shingled whelk	Western Atlantic.	5.5 DL	1884
Buccinum aleuticum	Aleut whelk	East Pacific.		1895
Buccinum amaliae		East Pacific.		1878
Buccinum angulosum	Angular whelk	Northeast Pacific, Atlant		1839
Buccinum aniwanum		Northeast Pacific, Atlant
Buccinum baerii		Northeast Pacific, Atlant		1848
Buccinum belcheri		Arctic and Atlantic Ocean	5.6 DL	1855
Buccinum beringense		Arctic and Atlantic Ocean		1980
Buccinum bizikovi		Northwest Pacific.		2022
Buccinum bulimuloideum		Northwest Pacific.		1907
Buccinum chartium		Northwest Pacific.		1919
Buccinum chinoi		Northwest Pacific		2022
Buccinum chishimanum		Northwest Pacific		1904
Buccinum ciliatum		Arctic, Northern Pacific	3.2 DL	1780
Buccinum cnismatum		Arctic, Northern Pacific		1907
Buccinum cyaneum	Bluish whelk	Northwest Pacific, Atlant	5.8 DL	1792
Buccinum diplodetum		Northwest Pacific, Atlant		1907
Buccinum eugrammatum	Lirate whelk	Northern Pacific		1907
Buccinum finmarkianum		Arctic and Northern Atlan	8 DL	1875
Buccinum fragile		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar		1878
Buccinum fringillum	Finch whelk	Eastern Pacific. Tempera		1877
Buccinum frustulatum		Western Atlantic.	2 DL	1980
Buccinum gadusense		Western Atlantic.		2021
Buccinum glaciale	Glacial whelk	Northeast Pacific, Northe	8 DL	1761
Buccinum golikovi		Northwest Atlantic and th		2022
Buccinum gouldii		Northwest Atlantic and th		1882
Buccinum gulbini		Northern Pacific		2022
Buccinum hasegawai		Northwest Pacific		2022
Buccinum humphreysianum	Humphrey's buccinum	Northeast Atlantic and Me	5.5 TL	1824
Buccinum hydrophanum		Arctic and Northern Atlan	7 DL	1846
Buccinum inexhaustum		Arctic and Northern Atlan		1878
Buccinum isaotakii	Isaotaki buccinum	Northwest Pacific		1962
Buccinum kadiakense	Kodiak whelk	To be filled.		1907
Buccinum kjennerudae		Atlantic Ocean.	1.1 DL	1985
Buccinum kushiroense		Northwest Pacific	8 SHH	1976
Buccinum macleani		Northwest Pacific		2019
Buccinum maltzani		Atlantic and the Arctic.		1886
Buccinum micropoma	Berry whelk	Arctic and Northern Atlan	3.4 DL	1944
Buccinum midori		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Buccinum moerchi		Arctic and Northern Atlan		1877
Buccinum moerchianum		Pacific Ocean.		1858
Buccinum nivale		Northern Atlantic and the	2.6 DL	1882
Buccinum obsoletum		Northern Atlantic and the		1980
Buccinum ochotense	Okhotsk whelk	East Pacific.		1848
Buccinum oedematum	Swollen whelk	Gulf of Alaska.		1907
Buccinum opisoplectum		Northwest Pacific	8.5 SHH	1907
Buccinum orotundum		Northwest Pacific		1907
Buccinum pemphigus		Northwest Pacific		1907
Buccinum percrassum	Crude whelk	Arctic and Northern Pacif		1883
Buccinum physematum		Arctic and Northeast Paci		1919
Buccinum picturatum	Painted whelk	East Pacific.		1877
Buccinum planeticum	Wandering whelk	East Pacific.		1919
Buccinum plectrum	Sinuous whelk	Northeast Pacific and the	6 NG	1865
Buccinum polare	Polar whelk	Northern Atlantic and the	6.7 DL	1839
Buccinum rondinum		Northern Atlantic and the		1919
Buccinum rossellinum		Northern Atlantic and the		1919
Buccinum rossicum		Northern Pacific	7.5 SHH	1907
Buccinum sandersoni		Northern Pacific		1882
Buccinum scalariforme	Ladder whelk	Eastern Pacific, Northern	8.4 DL	1842
Buccinum sericatum	Silky whelk	Northern Atlantic	4.5 DL	1846
Buccinum sigmatopleura		Northern Atlantic		1907
Buccinum simulatum		Northern Atlantic		1907
Buccinum solenum	Solen whelk	Northeast Pacific and the		1919
Buccinum striatissimum	Finely-striate buccinum	Northwest Pacific	12 SHH	1899
Buccinum strigillatum		Northwest Pacific		1891
Buccinum taphrium		Northwest Pacific
Buccinum tenebrosum		Northwest Pacific		1846
Buccinum tenellum	Pleated whelk	Arctic and Northeast Paci		1883
Buccinum thermophilum		Northeast Pacific		2002
Buccinum totteni	Thin whelk	Western Atlantic Ocean.		1865
Buccinum tsubai		Western Atlantic Ocean.
Buccinum tumidulum		Atlantic Ocean.		1878
Buccinum undatum	Waved whelk	Arctic, Northern Atlantic	10.2 SHL	1758
Buccinum viridum	Turban whelk	To be filled.		1889
Buccipagoda achilles		To be filled.		2019
Buccipagoda ponderi		To be filled.		2019
Cantharus cancellarius	Cancellate Cantharus	Western Atlantic Ocean.		1846
Cantharus cecillei		Northwest Pacific		1848
Cantharus egregius		Western Central Pacific		1844
Cantharus erythrostoma		Eastern Indian Ocean		1846
Cantharus iostomus		Pacific Ocean.	3 TL	1834
Cantharus leucotaeniatus		Western Central Pacific	6 ShH	1985
Cantharus massena		Eastern Atlantic.	1 DL	1826
Cantharus melanostomus		Western Central Pacific	8 ShH	1825
Cantharus multangulus	Ribbed Cantharus	Western Central Atlantic.	3.2 DL	1848
Cantharus pulcher		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1846
Cantharus spiralis		Western Indian Ocean		1839
Cantharus wagneri	Wagner's goblet	Indo-West Pacific.	3 ShH	1839
Cantharus wrightae	Wright's Cantharus	Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1974
Cavineptunea monstrosa		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL	1951
Chauvetia affinis		Mediterranean Sea.		1889
Chauvetia brunnea		Mediterranean Sea.		1804
Chauvetia candidissima		Mediterranean Sea.		1836
Chauvetia decorata		Mediterranean Sea.		1889
Chauvetia giunchiorum		Mediterranean Sea.		1999
Chauvetia helenae		Eastern Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1890
Chauvetia lefebvrii		Mediterranean Sea.		1840
Chauvetia lineolata		Mediterranean Sea.		1868
Chauvetia mamillata		Mediterranean Sea.		1826
Chauvetia procerula		Mediterranean Sea.		1889
Chauvetia recondita		Mediterranean Sea.		1873
Chauvetia ventrosa		Mediterranean Sea.		1976
Chlanidota anomala		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	2008
Chlanidota chordata		Western Atlantic.	3.9 DL	1908
Chlanidota densesculpta		Western Atlantic, Antarct	4.0 DL	1885
Chlanidota invenusta		Western Atlantic.	4.0 DL	1999
Chlanidota palliata		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1908
Chlanidota paucispiralis		Atlantic Antarctic.	4.0 DL	1951
Chlanidota signeyana		Western Atlantic and Indo	4.3 DL	1951
Chlanidotella modesta		Antarctic Atlantic	1.3 DL	1885
Chlanificula thielei		Western Atlantic, Antarct	4 DL	1958
Clinopegma magnum	Helmet whelk	Eastern Pacific and the A		1895
Colubraria albometulaformis		Western Central Pacific		2007
Colubraria brinkae		Western Central Pacific		1992
Colubraria castanea		Western Central Pacific		1952
Colubraria ceylonensis		Western Central Pacific		1833
Colubraria clathrata		Eastern Central Pacific	2.7 DL	1833
Colubraria cumingi		Western Central Pacific		1861
Colubraria fantomei		Western Central Pacific		1961
Colubraria monroei		Western Central Pacific	0.7 DL	1962
Colubraria muricata	Maculated dwarf triton	Indo-Pacific.	10 ShH	1786
Colubraria nitidula		Central Pacific.		1833
Colubraria obscura		Eastern Central Pacific	4.9 SHL	1844
Colubraria souverbii		Western Central Pacific		1844
Colubraria suduirauti		Western Central Pacific		1999
Colubraria swifti		Western Central Pacific		1881
Colubraria tenera		Western Central Pacific		1839
Colubraria testacea	Obscure dwarf triton	Western Atlantic.	4.0 DL	1852
Colubraria tortuosa	Twisted dwarf triton	Western Central Pacific		1844
Colus acosmius		Western Central Pacific		1891
Colus adonis		Western Central Pacific		1919
Colus altus		Northeast Atlantic		1848
Colus aphelus	Oblique whelk	Eastern Pacific and the A		1890
Colus aurantius	Broad-cord whelk	East Pacific.		1907
Colus barbarinus	Santa Barbara whelk	East Pacific.		1919
Colus bristolensis		East Pacific.		1919
Colus brunneus	Brown whelk	Eastern Pacific and the A		1877
Colus caelatus		Eastern Pacific and the A		1880
Colus calathus		Eastern Pacific and the A		1919
Colus callorhinus	Strombiform whelk	East Pacific.		1877
Colus capponius		East Pacific.		1919
Colus clementinus		East Pacific.		1919
Colus errones	Wayward whelk	East Pacific.		1919
Colus esychus	Esychus colus	Arctic and Northwest Paci		1907
Colus georgianus		Arctic and Northwest Paci		1921
Colus glyptus		Arctic and Northwest Paci		1882
Colus gracilis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1778
Colus griseus	Gray whelk	East Pacific.		1890
Colus halibrectus		East Pacific.		1891
Colus halidonus		East Pacific.		1919
Colus halimeris		East Pacific.		1919
Colus herendeenii	Thin-ribbed whelk	East Pacific.		1902
Colus holboelli		Northeast Atlantic and th		1842
Colus holboellii		Atlantic Ocean.	7 DL	1842
Colus holbolli		Atlantic Ocean.	7 DL	1842
Colus hunkinsi		Atlantic Ocean.		1962
Colus incisus		Atlantic Ocean.		1919
Colus islandicus	Iceland whelk	Arctic and Atlantic Ocean	12 DL	1786
Colus jeffreysianus		Northeast Atlantic and th		1868
Colus jordani		Northeast Atlantic and th		1913
Colus latericeus		Northeast Atlantic and th	2.5 DL	1842
Colus martensi	Marten's whelk	Arctic, Pacific Ocean and	1.0 DL	1885
Colus nobilis		Arctic, Pacific Ocean and		1919
Colus obesus	Plump whelk	To be filled.		1884
Colus oceanodromae	Seahorse whelk	East Pacific.		1919
Colus ombronius	Shady whelk	Eastern Pacific and the A		1919
Colus parvus		Eastern Pacific and the A		1980
Colus periscelidus	Garter whelk	East Pacific.		1891
Colus perminutus		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1927
Colus pubescens	Hairy whelk	Arctic and Western Atlant	8 DL	1882
Colus pulcius		Arctic and Western Atlant		1919
Colus pygmaeus	Pygmy whelk	Western Atlantic Ocean.	2 DL	1841
Colus rushii		Western Atlantic Ocean.	1.1 DL	1889
Colus sabini		Northeast Atlantic and th		1824
Colus sapius		Northeast Atlantic and th		1919
Colus severinus		Northeast Atlantic and th		1919
Colus stejnegeri		Northeast Atlantic and th		1884
Colus stimpsoni	Stimpson's Colus	Northern Atlantic and the	13 DL	1867

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Family: Buccinidae buccinum whelks(See list of species below)

Family: Buccinidae buccinum whelks

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