Buccinum clavatulatum Lamarck 1803 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1803. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2:163-169

Belongs to Buccinum according to J. B. Lamarck 1803

Sister taxa: Buccinum aciculatum, Buccinum amoenum, Buccinum angulosum, Buccinum bistriatum, Buccinum callosum, 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 polare, Buccinum saundersi, Buccinum scalariforme, Buccinum striatulum, Buccinum terebrale, Buccinum undatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grignon (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Grignon (Defrance collection)

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