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Buccinum polare Gray 1839 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Synonym: Buccinum totteni Stimpson 1861

Belongs to Buccinum according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Rosenberg 2005

Sister taxa: Buccinum aciculatum, Buccinum amoenum, Buccinum angulosum, Buccinum bistriatum, Buccinum callosum, Buccinum clavatulatum, Buccinum cyaneum, Buccinum declive, Buccinum decussatum, Buccinum digitale, Buccinum dubium, Buccinum finmarkianum, Buccinum glaciale, Buccinum humphreysianum, Buccinum jordani, Buccinum junghuhni, Buccinum laevigatum, Buccinum mississppiensis, Buccinum modestum, Buccinum nudum, Buccinum ochotense, Buccinum percrassum, Buccinum physeatum, Buccinum plectrum, Buccinum scalariforme, Buccinum striatulum, Buccinum strigillatum, Buccinum tenebrosum, Buccinum terebrale, Buccinum undatum, Buccinum vinculum

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Portland, Cumberland Co. - Presumpscot Fm (Pleistocene) (Quaternary of Maine)

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