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Buccinum tenellum W. H. Dall, 1883

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

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Buccinum tenellum

Author: Dall, W.H.

Taxon in country check-lists*

Arctic, Europe: Russia, North America: Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea

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Description

Shell small, solid, with about six whorls, a rather acute spire, very distinct suture, below which the whorl is pinched or puckered into short inconspicuous ribs; surface brownish yellow with a spiral sculpture of small flat riblets separated by incised lines, the riblets themselves finely uniformly spirally striated; canal short, recurved; siphonal fasciole strong, pillar lip callous, the outer lip expanded, sinuous, not much thickened. Alt.. 22.25 mm.
The figure in the Conchylien Cabinet was not accompanied by a diagnosis, which I now provide. (Dall.)
TYPE in United States National Museum, No. 108975. Type locality, Cape Etolin, north end of Nunivak Island, Bering Sea.
RANGE. Sea Horse Islands, Arctic Ocean, to Aleutian Islands.
Dall, W.H. 1902. Dall, W. H. 1902. Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American, in the U. S. National Museum.

Distribution

Cape Etolin, north end of Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, Dall. U.S.N.M., 108975.
Dall, W.H. 1902. Dall, W. H. 1902. Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American, in the U. S. National Museum.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Buccinum tenellum Dall, 1883]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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