Buccinaria loochooensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Buccinaria |
Species: | B. loochooensis |
Binomial name | |
Buccinaria loochooensis MacNeil, 1961 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Buccinaria (Ootomella) loochooensisF.S. MacNeil, 1961 Contents |
Buccinaria loochooensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 29.7 mm, its diameter 12.6 mm.
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