Buccinaria pendula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Buccinaria pendula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Buccinaria
Species:
B. pendula
Binomial name
Buccinaria pendula
Bouchet & Sysoev, 1997

Description

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The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • 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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