Buccinum strigillatum
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| 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 | |
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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
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.
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