Buccinum plectrum
| Buccinum plectrum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Subfamily: | Buccininae |
| Genus: | Buccinum |
| Species: | B. plectrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Buccinum plectrum Stimpson, 1865 | |
Buccinum plectrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, along Northeast Canada and along Alaska.
References
- ↑ Buccinum plectrum Stimpson, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p
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