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Buccinum strigillatum Dall 1891

Buccinum strigillatum

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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

  1. ^ Dall, 1891. Proc. US Nat. Mus., vol. 14, p. 186; vol. 17, pi. 27, fig. 9, 1894
  2. ^ Buccinum strigillatum Dall, 1891. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 June 2011.
  3. ^ 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.

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Buccinum strigillatum: Brief Summary

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Buccinum strigillatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

The two subspecies are:

Buccinum strigillatum fucanum Dall, 1907 - the juanmore whelk Buccinum strigillatum strigillatum Dall, 1891
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