Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Buccinidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Buccinoidea Subfamily Buccininae People also search for Buccinum fringillum | |
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Buccinum strigillatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Contents
The two subspecies are:
Description
The adult shell grows to a length of 50 mm. The white shell has seven hardly inflated whorls with a deep suture and a low spire. The shell is covered with a hirsute epidermis. The sculpture shows numerous narrow primary ridges with channeled interspaces. The oval to oblong aperture is not expanded and shows a deep sinus near the shoulder.
The eggs are deposited on any hard substance, rock, shell, or sponge.
Distribution
This species can be found along the west coast of North America.
References
Buccinum strigillatum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA