Buccinaria loochooensis
Buccinaria loochooensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Buccinaria loochooensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Buccinaria |
| Species: | B. loochooensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Buccinaria loochooensis MacNeil, 1961 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Buccinaria (Ootomella) loochooensis F.S. MacNeil, 1961 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 29.7 mm, its diameter 12.6 mm.
Distribution
This species was originally described from Neogene strata in the Ryukyu Islands, later from Pliocene strata in Okinawa. Recent specimens were found off Borneo, Luzon Island, the Philippines and in the Celebes Sea, Indonesia.
References
- Buccinaria loochooensis MacNeil, 1961 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2010.
- Bouchet P. & Sysoev A. (1997) Revision of the Recent species of Buccinaria (Gastropoda: Conoidea), a genus of deep-water turrids of Tethyan origin. Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology, 56:93-119
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