''Buccinulum linea linea'', or the lined whelk, is the nominate
subspecies of the species ''Buccinulum linea''. This is a
marine
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gastropod mollusc of the
family
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Buccinidae
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. It is found only in
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, including the
Chatham Islands
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.
References
* Quoy, H. E. Th. & Gaimard, P., 1833 Mollusques. Zoologie. In Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville, vol. 2(2), p. 321-686
* Fischer-Piette, E. & Beigbeder, J., 1944. Catalogue des types de gastéropodes marins conservés au laboratoire de Malacologie. VI. Mitridae, Marginellidae, Olividae, Columbellidae et Conidae. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 16(1): 448-462, sér. 2° série
* Beu A., Cernohorsky W.O., Climo F.M., Dell R.K., Fleming C.A., Marshall B.A., Ponder W.F, Powell W.B., 1976. - A Neotype for Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784 (Mollusca, Buccinidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6(2): 221-225
External links
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Buccinidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1784
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