Type species: Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 (SD, Monfort, 1810).
Diagnosis: Small to large shells, 15–140+ mm; thin to thick, with rounded to flat-sided whorls, aperture large, canal very short; white to tan; periostracum thin to thick and pilose; operculum small to large, round or oval, concentric, with central or lateral nucleus. Radula: Rachidian tooth with 3–7 cusps, Lateral teeth with three cusps.