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Buccinum strigillatum

Buccinum strigillatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

The two subspecies are:

  • Buccinum strigillatum fucanum Dall, 1907 - the juanmore whelk
  • Buccinum strigillatum strigillatum Dall, 1891

Description

The adult shell grows to a length of 50 mm. The white shell has seven hardly inflated whorls with a deep suture and a low spire. The shell is covered with a hirsute epidermis. The sculpture shows numerous narrow primary ridges with channeled interspaces. The oval to oblong aperture is not expanded and shows a deep sinus near the shoulder.

The eggs are deposited on any hard substance, rock, shell, or sponge.

Distribution

This species can be found along the west coast of North America.

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