Biology:Buccinum strigillatum
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Buccinum strigillatum | |
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| A shell of Buccinum strigillatum, the periostracum is peeling off of this specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Tudiclidae |
| Genus: | Buccinum |
| Species: | B. strigillatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Buccinum strigillatum Dall, 1891[1]
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| 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]
The two subspecies are:
- 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 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 (1924). The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Stanford University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-8047-0987-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=XT7piUFwSbgC&pg=PA253.
External links
- "Buccinum strigillatum" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_40476.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3137149 entry
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