Buccinum lyperum

Buccinum lyperum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1] A few authors use the epithet "lyperium"

Buccinum lyperum
A shell of Buccinum lyperum
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B. lyperum
Binomial name
Buccinum lyperum
Dall, 1919
Synonyms
  • Buccinum tenue f. lyperum Dall, 1919
  • Buccinum tenue lyperum Dall, 1925
  • Buccinum elatior var. lyperum: Golikov, 1980
  • Buccinum rhodium Alexeyev, 2002 non Dall, 191
  • Buccinum rhodium var. lyperum Alexeyev, 2002

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 51 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the North Pacific Ocean along the Bering Sea and Kamchatka.

References

  1. Buccinum lyperum Dall, 1919 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2011.


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