Buccinum lyperum

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Buccinum lyperum
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A shell of Buccinum lyperum
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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
  • Buccinum tenue f. lyperum Dall, 1919
  • Buccinum tenue lyperum Dall, 1925
  • Buccinum elatior var. lyperum: Golikov, 1980
  • Buccinum rhodium Alexeyev, 2002 non Dall, 191
  • Buccinum rhodium var. lyperum Alexeyev, 2002

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"

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 51 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the North Pacific Ocean along the Bering Sea and Kamchatka.

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References

  1. Buccinum lyperum Dall, 1919 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 June 2011.