| Buccinum leucostoma | |
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| Two shells of Buccinum leucostoma | |
| 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. leucostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Buccinum leucostoma Lischke, 1872 |
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Buccinum leucostoma, common name the yellow-mouth Buccinum, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
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The size of the shell of an adult varies between 55 mm and 120 mm. The snail's salivary glands contains the toxin tetramine (tetramethylammonium ion) [2] The male shell tends to be smaller and more slender than the female shell. The interior of the peristome in male specimens is characterised by a reddish orange colour, while in female specimens it is whitish or yellowish. [3]
This species is found in the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of Japan.