Argobuccinum tumidum

Argobuccinum tumidum
Apertural view of Argobuccinium tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Ranellinae
Genus: Argobuccinum
Species: A. tumidum
Binomial name
Argobuccinum tumidum
(Dunker, 1862)

Argobuccinum tumidum is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.

Shell description

The large swollen shell of this species has prominent varices.

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