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Buccinum mirandum

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Buccinum mirandum
A shell of Buccinum mirandum, the operculum held in place with cotton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Buccinum
Species:
B. mirandum
Binomial name
Buccinum mirandum
Smith, 1875

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

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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

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This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Korea and the Kuril Islands

References

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  • "Buccinum mirandum mirandum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.