Buccinulum mariae

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Buccinulum mariae
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Holotype of Buccinulum mariae from Auckland War Memorial Museum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Buccinulum
Species:
B. mariae
Binomial name
Buccinulum mariae
(Powell, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Buccinulum (Euthrena) mariae(Powell, 1940)

Buccinulum mariae is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae. [1] [2] It was first described by Baden Powell in 1940. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.

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Description

Buccinulum mariae are typically a dark reddish-brown colour, with some specimens exhibiting a lighter colour and darker spiral bands. The holotype of the species was 20 mm in height, with a diameter of between 10 and 75 mm, [3] however specimens have been recorded as large as 26 millimetres in height. [4]

Distribution

The species is Endemic to New Zealand. [2]

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References

  1. Kantor, Yuri I.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Kosyan, Alisa R.; Puillandre, Nicolas; Sorokin, Pavel A.; Kano, Yasunori; Clark, Roger; Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (3): 789–857. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031.
  2. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Buccinulum mariae Powell, 1940". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  3. Powell, A. W. B. (1940–41). "The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Zoology. 70: 205–261 via Papers Past.
  4. "Buccinulum mariae". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.