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: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Buccinum |
Species: | B. strigillatum
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Binomial name | |
Buccinum strigillatum | |
Synonyms | |
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:
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.
This species can be found along the west coast of North America.
Buccinum strigillatum | |
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A shell of Buccinum strigillatum, the periostracum is peeling off of this specimen | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Buccinum |
Species: | B. strigillatum
|
Binomial name | |
Buccinum strigillatum | |
Synonyms | |
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:
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.
This species can be found along the west coast of North America.