Buccinulum vittatum

Buccinulum vittatum
A shell of Buccinulum vittatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Tribe: Buccinulini
Genus: Buccinulum
Species: B. vittatum
Binomial name
Buccinulum vittatum vittatum
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Buccinulum vittatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found all around New Zealand and as far south as the New Zealand subantarctic islands. The species was first documented in 1833 by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard.[1]

Taxonomy

Although four sub-species were named, the database WoRMS does not recognize them as valid:[2] vittatum (the nominate subspecies Buccinulum vittatum vittatum) is found in the northern half of the North Island; bicinctum is found on the Chatham Islands; colensoi is found on the South-East coast of the North island; littorinoides in Cook Strait, the sub-Antarctic islands and South Island.[3]

Description

The shell of this species is about 25mm in length.

References

  1. ↑ New Zealand Mollusca
  2. ↑ Marshall, B.; Fraussen, K. (2015). Buccinulum vittatum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491394 on 2015-03-21
  3. ↑ Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Nov 1971