Buccinidae

family of large sea snails
Taxon taxon Q24115
Buccinidae
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Buccinidae

Summary

Buccinidae is a taxon[1]. Buccinidae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buccinidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Buccinidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Buccinidae is classified within Buccinoidea[5].
  • Buccinidae's scientific name is Buccinidae[6].
  • Buccinidae's Commons category is recorded as Buccinidae[7].
  • Buccinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buccinidae[8].
  • Buccinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Noordhorens e.a.'}[9].
  • Buccinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wellhornschnecken'}[10].
  • Buccinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kinkhörner'}[11].
  • Buccinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'blatarke'}[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Buccinidae is Buccinidae[6]. Buccinidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Buccinidae is classified within Buccinoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Noordhorens e.a.'}[9], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wellhornschnecken'}[10], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kinkhörner'}[11], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'blatarke'}[12].

Identifiers

Buccinidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 83329[13]. Buccinidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37796[14]. Buccinidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46459698[15]. Buccinidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2696[16]. Buccinidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 73726[17].

Why It Matters

Buccinidae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2] Buccinidae has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Buccinidae is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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