Buccinum strigillatum
| Buccinum strigillatum | |
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| A shell of Buccinum strigillatum, the periostracum is peeling off of this specimen | |
| 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. strigillatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Buccinum strigillatum Dall, 1891 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Buccinum fucanum Dall, 1907 | |
Buccinum strigillatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]
There are two subspecies :
- Buccinum strigillatum fucanum Dall, 1907 - the juanmore whelk
- Buccinum strigillatum strigillatum Dall, 1891
Description
The adult shell grows to a length of 50 mm. The white shell has seven hardly inflated whorls with a deep suture and has a low spire. The shell is covered with a hirsute epidermis. The sculpture shows numerous narrow primary ridges with channeled interspaces. The oval to oblong aperture is not expanded and shows a deep sinus near the shoulder. [3]
The eggs are deposited on any hard substance, rock, shell or sponge.
Distribution
This species can be found along the west coast of North America.
References
- ↑ Dall, 1891. Proc. US Nat. Mus., vol. 14, p. 186; vol. 17, pi. 27, fig. 9, 1894
- ↑ Buccinum strigillatum Dall, 1891 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 June 2011.
- ↑ Ida Shepard Oldroyd, The marine shells of the west coast of North America, Volume 2,Deel 1, p. 252; 1978
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