Buccinum higuchii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Buccinum higuchii
Shell of Buccinum higuchii (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Buccinum
Species:
B. higuchii
Binomial name
Buccinum higuchii
(Fraussen & Chino, 2009)[1]
Synonyms

Bathybuccinum higuchii Fraussen & Chino, 2009 (original combination)

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

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  • Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225-383
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