Buccinum_plectrum

<i>Buccinum plectrum</i>

Buccinum plectrum

Species of gastropod

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

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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

  1. [1]
    Buccinum plectrum Stimpson, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p
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