Buccinum oedematum

Buccinum oedematum, common name the swollen whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Buccinum oedematum
A shell of Buccinum oedematum, the operculum in place glued onto cotton, but accidentally rotated through 180°
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. oedematum
Binomial name
Buccinum oedematum
Dall, 1907
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum midori Habe & Ito, 1965

Description

The length of an adult shell reaches 84 mm.

Distribution

This cold-water species occurs in the Gulf of Alaska.[2] and in the Okhotsk Sea.

gollark: Analogously, I would say you should probably not be required to have someone grafted to your circulatory system and stuff for 9 months if this would keep them from an otherwise lethal disease or something. You maybe *should* morally, but this is a different thing (and I don't think that really applies in the fetus case, as it isn't much of a "person").
gollark: Actually, I seem to have misread your angle, so it isn't entirely relevant. But regarding "I'll tell them what not to do with others bodies. And the child is another body. It's medically provable.", I would argue that you should not be *required* to put up with fairly substantial health risks/inconvenience because the fetus requires being attached to someone to survive.
gollark: No, before murdering someone you have to do a MRI scan to check brain development.
gollark: There is a difference between "body" and even "human body" and "person".
gollark: It's historically important, at least.

References
  1. Buccinum oedematum Dall, 1907 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2011.
  2. von Szalay, P. G., M. E. Wilkins and M. H. Martin 2008 Data report: 2007 Gulf of Alaska bottom trawl survey. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-189, 247 p.
  • "Buccinum oedematum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.


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