Buccinum mirandum

Buccinum mirandum
A shell of Buccinum mirandum, the operculum held in place with cotton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Genus: Buccinum
Species: B. mirandum
Binomial name
Buccinum mirandum
Smith, 1875

Buccinum mirandum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

There are two subspecies :

  • Buccinum mirandum mirandum Smith, 1875
  • Buccinum mirandum picturatum Dall, 1887

Description

The shell grows to a length of 45 mm. It is white with a creamy or brownish tint and is covered with rusty brown spots. The body whorl has five, hardy perceptible spiral ribs, with the upper one somewhat nodose. The surface is puckered below the suture. The surface has a fine sculpture with minute spiral lines mingled with coarser lines. The aperture is ovate and oblong and its interior is brownish ochraceous. The outer lip is white.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Korea and the Kuril Islands

References

  1. ↑ Buccinum mirandum Smith, 1875 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, vol. LIX, part II, page 245, April 1889

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