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A shell of Buccinulum vittatum vittatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Subfamily:	Buccininae
Tribe:	Buccinulini
Genus:	Buccinulum
Species:	B. vittatum
Binomial name
Buccinulum vittatum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms
Buccinulum (Euthrena) heteromorphum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Euthrena) heteromorphum bucknilli Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Euthrena) heteromorphum heteromorphum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Euthrena) kaikouraense Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Euthrena) maketuense Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Euthrena) motutaraense Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Euthrena) strebeli Suter, 1908 Buccinulum (Euthrena) strebeli exsculptum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Euthrena) strebeli mestayerae Powell, 1929 Buccinulum heteromorphum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum heteromorphum bucknilli Powell, 1929 Buccinulum heteromorphum heteromorphum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum kaikouraense Powell, 1929 Buccinulum maketuense Powell, 1929 Buccinulum motutaraense Powell, 1929 Buccinulum strebeli exsculptum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum strebeli mestayerae Powell, 1929 Buccinulum vittatum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)· accepted, alternate representation Buccinum trileatum Reeve, 1846 Euthria littorinoides costulata Suter, 1913 Euthria martensiana Hutton, 1878 Euthria strebeli Suter, 1908 Fusus vittatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (basionym) Pisania flavescens Hutton, 1884

Buccinulum vittatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found all around New Zealand and as far south as the New Zealand subantarctic islands. The species was first documented in 1833 by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard.

Taxonomy

Four subspecies were previously recognised but they are currently considered to be taxonomically invalid based on shell morphology and genetic data. B. v. vittatum (the nominate subspecies Buccinulum vittatum vittatum) is found in the northern half of the North Island; B. v. bicinctum is found on the Chatham Islands; B. colensoi is found on the South-East coast of the North island; B. v. littorinoides in Cook Strait, the sub-Antarctic islands and South Island.

Description

The shell of this species is about 25mm in length.