Buccinum plectrum

Buccinum plectrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Genus: Buccinum
Species: B. plectrum
Binomial name
Buccinum plectrum
Stimpson, 1865

Buccinum plectrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, along Northeast Canada and along Alaska.

References

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