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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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Buccinaria (Ootomella) loochooensis F.S. MacNeil, 1961

Description

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The length of the shell attains 29.7 mm, its diameter 12.6 mm.

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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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