Bathybuccinum higuchii

Bathybuccinum higuchii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Bathybuccinum higuchii
Shell of Bathybuccinum higuchii (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Bathybuccinum
Species:
B. higuchii
Binomial name
Bathybuccinum higuchii
Fraussen & Chino, 2009[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

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  • Fraussen K. & Chino, M., 2009. - The deep-water genera Bathybuccinum and Ovulatibuccinum Golikov & Sirenko, 1988 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) in Japan and adjacent waters, with description of three new species. Venus 67(3-4): 145-157
  • Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225-383