Buccinum abyssorum

Buccinum abyssorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Genus: Buccinum
Species: B. abyssorum
Binomial name
Buccinum abyssorum
Verrill & Smith, 1884

Buccinum abyssorum, common name the shingled whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Buccinum abyssorum Verrill & Smith, 1884.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138857 on 17 April 2010.