Buccinidae
Buccinum sagamianum Okutani, 1977

Buccinum sagamianum

Description
White, pale purple, ornamented with pale brown periostracum. Outer lip while, sometimes colored with pale yellow.

Locality
Japan: Mouth of Tokyo Bay in 250m-300m, Sagami Bay in 250m-700m, Suruga Bay Shizuoka in 400m-700m.

Original articles of scientific name
1977 Buccinum sagamianum Okutani, Jap. Jour. Malac.(VENUS) Vol.36, No.2 p.73-80 Text-figs. 1-3 & 9

Original of Japanese name
Ditto.

Remarks
There are a lot of delicious shells in Buccinidae. However, B. sagamianum is not used for food. The reason might be that there is a lot of mucuss in the body of the shell. I think that this shell lives in bottom of the sea comparatively a lot.


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