Biology:Buccinum ciliatum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Buccinum ciliatum
Buccinum ciliatum (Sowerby).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Buccinum
Species:
B. ciliatum
Binomial name
Buccinum ciliatum
(Fabricius O., 1780)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum sericatum Hancock, 1846

Buccinum ciliatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Subspecies

  • Buccinum ciliatum ciliatum Fabricius, 1780
  • Buccinum ciliatum sericatum Hancock, 1846 (synonym : Buccinum sericatum Hancock, 1846)

Description

The maximum shell size is 32 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the cold waters around the Arctic, the North West Atlantic Ocean, Greenland, Canada and the Gulf of Maine.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3170852 entry