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species

Sulcosinus taphrium (Dall, 1891)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Buccinidae - Whelks »  genus Sulcosinus

Scientific synonyms

Neptunea taphria W. H. Dall, 1891
Buccinum taphrium Dall, 1891

Images

Sulcosinus taphrium

Author: Mclean, J. H. & Clark, R. N.

Sulcosinus taphrium

Author: Dall, W.H.

Sulcosinus taphrium

Author: Alexeiev

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Description

Shell thin, slender, with polished brown epidermis, with fine spiral striae and conspicuous zigzag or spiral malleations; six-whorled, acute; suture deeply channeled; aperture white, with thick reflected lip and continuous thick callus on the concave pillar. Length of shell, 40; breadth, 18; length of aperture, 15 mm. (Dall.)
TYPE in United States National Museum. Type locality, U.S.S. "Albatross" Station 3330, off Akutan Island, Bering Sea.
RANGE. Bering Sea, off Unalaska, in 351 fathoms.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
Author: Jan Delsing

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