Buccinum strigillatum

Buccinum strigillatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Buccinum strigillatum
A shell of Buccinum strigillatum, the periostracum is peeling off of this specimen
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. strigillatum
Binomial name
Buccinum strigillatum
Dall, 1891 [1]
Synonyms

Buccinum fucanum Dall, 1907

The two subspecies are:

  • B. s. fucanum Dall, 1907 - the juanmore whelk
  • B. s. strigillatum Dall, 1891

Description

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.

Distribution

This species can be found along the west coast of North America.

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References
  1. Dall, 1891. Proc. US Nat. Mus., vol. 14, p. 186; vol. 17, pi. 27, fig. 9, 1894
  2. Buccinum strigillatum Dall, 1891 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 June 2011.
  3. Ida Shepard Oldroyd (1924). The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Stanford University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-8047-0987-3.


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