Buccinum higuchii

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

Bathybuccinum higuchii Fraussen & Chino, 2009 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

  • 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
  • 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
  • Fraussen, K., Delongueville, C. & Scaillet, R. (2024). "First record of a Buccinum with "Bathybuccinum" affinities (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, with description of a new species". Novapex. 25 (4): 169.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)