Buccinum undatum

Common Whelk

Buccinidae

Collected by: Joseph Swift Emerson; Joseph Swift Emerson
Collector number: #423 III 173
Date: Invalid Date
Locality: Massachusetts
Region: Massachusetts
Record type: Preservedspecimen

8 Bishop specimens of Buccinum undatum · collected 1930–1930Species page ›

Collected the same day

On Invalid Date, Joseph Swift Emerson; Joseph Swift Emerson also collected 24+ other specimens.

Buccinum undatum observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5,857 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25

Inn by the Sea, Lee-on-the-Solent, UK

(c) soph_c, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25

Inn by the Sea, Lee-on-the-Solent, UK

(c) jerrypt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24

England, GB

(c) Alexander Bevan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23

Rømø

(c) E. Groenhoff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23

Northern Ireland, GB

(c) Anna Kellagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-22

Cranberry Isles, ME, USA

(c) Rusty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Buccinum undatum. BPBM 196748. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/196748.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026