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 tsubai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 85 mm. This species has a thin shell with inflated whorls and an oval to oblong, wide aperture. Across the surface run a large number of very fine, reticulated threads. The outer lip is not thick.
The tsubai whelk shows sexual dimorphism, but it is not clear whether the female is larger than the male as is the case in most Buccinum species.
Distribution
This deep-sea marine species can be found in depths between 200 and 1,000 m in the Japan Sea along Japan and Korea.
References
Buccinum tsubai Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA