Buccinastrum paytense

Buccinastrum paytense
	Apertural view of a shell of Buccinanops paytensis (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinanopsidae
Genus:	Buccinanops
Species:	B. paytensis
Binomial name
	Buccinanops paytensis; (Kiener, 1834)
Synonyms
	Buccinum citrinum Reeve, 1846; Buccinum paytense Kiener, 1834 (original combination); Buccinum squalidum King, 1832 (invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum squalidum Gmelin, 1791);

Buccinanops paytensis, common name the Payta buccinum, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 55 mm.

The smooth shell is ovate and oblong. Its ground color is whitish, marked with longitudinal reddish lines. The epidermis which covers it, is pretty thick, and of a beautiful chestnut color. The spire is elongated, pointed, composed of seven slightly convex whorls. The whitish aperture is ovate, slightly narrowed towards the upper part, and widened at the base, which is rather deeply emarginated. The thin outer lip is slightly rounded, compressed towards its upper third. The columella shows a white callosity, adhering to the body of the shell, and partially formed by the left lip.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Argentina to Chile. It also inhabits the rocks of Payta upon the coasts of Peru.

References

^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Buccinanops paytensis (Kiener, 1834). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532468 on 2016-05-02
^ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum paytense)

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.

[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Buccinanops paytensis (Kiener, 1834). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532468 on 2016-05-02

[Kiener-2] Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum paytense)

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