Buccinum strigillatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]
The two subspecies are:
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.[3]
The eggs are deposited on any hard substance, rock, shell, or sponge.
This species can be found along the west coast of North America.
Buccinum strigillatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
The two subspecies are:
Buccinum strigillatum fucanum Dall, 1907 - the juanmore whelk Buccinum strigillatum strigillatum Dall, 1891Buccinum strigillatum is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Buccinidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1891 door Dall.
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