-180m, By bottom trawler, southeast of Cape Terpeniya (48 cleg 30'N, 145 deg 20'E), Sakhalin, Russia, 96,2mm., Gd/F, 1975/x/7.
Buccinum kinukatsugi is a cold-water buccinid with a very characteristic hirsute periostracum, endemic to the Sea of Okhotsk. A locally uncomm.on species, it is rarely seen in the shell market outside Japan, especially specimens retaining full periostracum complete with the fine hairs. It is a carnivorous / scavenging gastropod inhabiting muddy bottoms of rather deep water around -70~500m. Typical shell length around 70mm., very large specimens are known to exceed 100mm. It is said to be very tasty and may be seen in Japanese fish markets, albeit rarely.