Troschelia berniciensis
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| Troschelia berniciensis | |
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| Shell of Troschelia berniciensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Troschelia |
| Species: | T. berniciensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Troschelia berniciensis (King, 1846) | |
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Troschelia berniciensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
The length of the shell attains 100.2 mm.
(Described as Buccinofusus berniciensis) The whorls are encircled with alternately larger and smaller revolving ridges, decussated by fine growth-lines. The margin of the outer lip is slightly everted. The shell is thin, white and covered with a very thin, light olive epidermis.[2]
The shape of the shell is variable in height and in height-to-breadth ratios, depending on the depth of occurrence and the latitude.[3]
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