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Troschelia berniciensis

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Troschelia berniciensis
Shell of Troschelia berniciensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Troschelia
Species:
T. berniciensis
Binomial name
Troschelia berniciensis
(King, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Boreofusus berniciensis (W. King, 1846)
  • Buccinofusus berniciensis (W. King, 1846)
  • Boreofusus berniciensis var. solida G. O. Sars, 1878
  • Fusus amblyterus R. B. Watson, 1886
  • Fusus berniciensis W. King, 1846
  • Fusus berniciensis var. elegans Jeffreys, 1867
  • Fusus berniciensis var. inflata Jeffreys, 1877
  • Neptunea aquitanica Locard, 1897
  • Neptunea berniciensis (W. King, 1846)
  • Neptunea berniciensis var. carinata Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia aquitanica Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis (W. King, 1846)
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. carinata Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. elongata Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. major Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. minor Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. ventricosa Locard, 1897
  • Siphonorbis amblyterus (W. King, 1846)

Troschelia berniciensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 100.2 mm.

(Described as Buccinofusus berniciensis) The whorls are encircled with alternately larger and smaller revolving ridges, decussated by fine growth-lines. The margin of the outer lip is slightly everted. The shell is thin, white and covered with a very thin, light olive epidermis.[2]

The shape of the shell is variable in height and in height-to-breadth ratios, depending on the depth of occurrence and the latitude.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean in deep water between 400 and 1600 m from the Morocco coast to Norway.

References

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  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
  • de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom
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