Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Buccinidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Buccinoidea Subfamily Buccininae | |
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Similar Buccinum plectrum, Buccinum ciliatum, Buccinum glaciale | ||
Buccinum oedematum, common name the swollen whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
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Description
The length of an adult shell reaches 84 mm.
Distribution
This cold-water species occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. and in the Okhotsk Sea.
References
Buccinum oedematum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA