Buccinum pulchellum

Buccinum pulchellum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Buccinum pulchellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Subfamily:
Buccininae
Genus:
Buccinum
Species:
B. pulchellum
Binomial name
Buccinum pulchellum
Sars G.O., 1878

Not to be confounded with:

  • Buccinum pulchellum Blainville, 1829: synonym of Zafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829)
  • Buccinum pulchellum Calcara, 1845: synonym of Mazatlania cosentini (Philippi, 1836)
  • Buccinum pulchellum C. B. Adams, 1851: synonym of Decipifus sixaolus Olsson & McGinty, 1958

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters.

References
  1. Buccinum pulchellum Sars G.O., 1878. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.


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