| Buccinum tsubai Temporal range: Pliocene–present | |
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| A shell of Buccinum tsubai | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Buccinum |
| Species: | B. tsubai |
| Binomial name | |
| Buccinum tsubai Kuroda, T. in Teramachi, 1933 | |
Buccinum tsubai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 50 and 80 mm (2.0 and 3.1 in). This species has a thin shell with inflated whorls and an oval to oblong, wide aperture. Across the surface run a large number of very fine, reticulated threads. The outer lip is not thick.
The tsubai whelk shows sexual dimorphism, but it is not clear whether the female is larger than the male as is the case in most Buccinum species. [2]
This deep-sea marine species can be found in depths between 200 and 1,000 m in the Japan Sea along Japan and Korea.
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell. Many are eaten by humans, such as the common whelk of the North Atlantic. Most whelks belong to the family Buccinidae and are known as "true whelks." Others, such as the dog whelk, belong to several sea snail families that are not closely related.
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