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Buccinum undatum

edible marine gastropod
Taxon taxon Q21116
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Buccinum undatum

Summary

Buccinum undatum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (673 views/month, #1,551 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buccinum undatum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Buccinum undatum's instance of is recorded as seafood[4].
  • Buccinum undatum is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Buccinum undatum belongs to the parent taxon Buccinum[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Buccinum undatum is Buccinum undatum[7].
  • Buccinum undatum's Commons category is recorded as Buccinum undatum[8].
  • Buccinum undatum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buccinum undatum[9].
  • Buccinum undatum's Commons gallery is recorded as Buccinum undatum[10].
  • Buccinum undatum's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. undatum'}[11].
  • Buccinum undatum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common whelk'}[12].
  • Buccinum undatum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Wulk'}[13].
  • Buccinum undatum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kongsnegl'}[14].
  • Buccinum undatum is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'bucina'}[15].
  • Buccinum undatum is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wellhorn'}[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Buccinum undatum is Buccinum undatum[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Buccinum[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common whelk'}[12], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Wulk'}[13], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kongsnegl'}[14], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'bucina'}[15], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wellhorn'}[16].

Identifiers

Buccinum undatum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 130213[17]. Buccinum undatum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37541[18]. Buccinum undatum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2305073[19]. Buccinum undatum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 73795[20].

Why It Matters

Buccinum undatum ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (673 views/month, #1,551 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Buccinum undatum
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon, seafood
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007544020305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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