Buccinum tsubai

Buccinum tsubai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Buccinum tsubai
Temporal range: Cenozoic–Pliocene
A shell of Buccinum tsubai
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. tsubai
Binomial name
Buccinum tsubai
Kuroda, T. in Teramachi, 1933

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 and 80 mm (2.0 and 3.1 in). This species has a thin shell with inflated whorls and an oval to oblong, wide aperture. Across the surface run a large number of very fine, reticulated threads. The outer lip is not thick.

The tsubai whelk shows sexual dimorphism, but it is not clear whether the female is larger than the male as is the case in most Buccinum species.[2]

Distribution

This deep-sea marine species can be found in depths between 200 and 1,000 m in the Japan Sea along Japan and Korea.

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References
  1. "Buccinum tsubai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. Akira Iguchi, Hiroharu Ito, Masahiro Ueno, Tsuneo Maeda, Takashi Minami and Isao Hayashi, Morphological analysis of a deep-sea whelk Buccinum tsubai in the Sea of Japan ; Fisheries Science, Volume 71, Number 4, 823-828, doi:10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.01033.x


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