Buccinum mirandum
| Buccinum mirandum | |
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| A shell of Buccinum mirandum, the operculum held in place with cotton | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Buccinum |
| Species: | B. mirandum
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| Binomial name | |
| Buccinum mirandum Smith, 1875
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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
[edit]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
[edit]This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Korea and the Kuril Islands
References
[edit]- ^ Buccinum mirandum Smith, 1875. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2011.
- ^ Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, vol. LIX, part II, p. 245, April 1889
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buccinum mirandum.
- "Buccinum mirandum mirandum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.