Buccinum strigillatum explained

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

The two subspecies are:

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.[1]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ida Shepard Oldroyd. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. 1924. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-0987-3. 253.