Buccinulum robustum

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Buccinulum robustum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Buccinulum
Species:
B. robustum
Binomial name
Buccinulum robustum
(Powell, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Buccinulum suteri Powell, 1934

Buccinulum robustum is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae. [1] [2] It was first described by Baden Powell in 1929. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.

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Description

Buccinulum robustum is typically between 13 and 15 mm in length, [3] and can grow up to 20.6 mm by 9 mm. [4] It is recognisable by its strong axial ribs. Specimens vary in colour from black and pink to uniformly white. [3] Some specimens of Buccinulum robustum were originally described as two different species (Buccinulum robustum and Buccinulum suteri), with the name Buccinulum suteri given to specimens with finer spiral sculptures. [3] Buccinulum suteri was later synonymised with Buccinulum robustum.

Distribution

The species is Endemic to New Zealand. [2] The holotype was first identified at Port Fitzroy on Great Barrier Island. [5] While primarily found on the east coast of the North Island, in 1995 the first specimens were identified to the west of the Aupouri Peninsula. [6]

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 robustum Powell, 1929". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Ponder, W. F. (1971). "A review of the New Zealand recent and fossil species of Buccinulum Deshayes (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Buccinidae)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 (3–4): 231–283. Bibcode:1971JRSNZ...1..231P. doi: 10.1080/03036758.1971.10423314 .
  4. ↑ "Buccinulum robustum". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Morley, Margaret S.; Hayward, Bruce W. (2009). "Marine Mollusca of Great Barrier Island, New Zealand". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum . 46: 15–51. ISSN   1174-9202. JSTOR   42905906. Wikidata   Q58623368.
  6. ↑ Hayward, Bruce W.; Morley, M.; Riley, J.; Smith, N.; Stace, G. (1995). "Additions to the mollusca from Kawerua, North Auckland". Tane. 35: 183–193.
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