Buccinum lyperum | |
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A shell of Buccinum lyperum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Buccinum |
Species: | B. lyperum |
Binomial name | |
Buccinum lyperum W. H. Dall, 1919 | |
Synonyms | |
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Buccinum lyperum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [1] A few authors use the epithet "lyperium"
The size of an adult shell varies between 51 mm and 75 mm.
This species is found in the North Pacific Ocean along the Bering Sea and Kamchatka.
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