Buccinum plectrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
| Buccinum plectrum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Buccinum |
| Species: | B. plectrum
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| Binomial name | |
| Buccinum plectrum Stimpson, 1865
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.
Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, along Northeast Canada and along Alaska.
References
edit- ^ Buccinum plectrum Stimpson, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p
External links
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