Lined whelk facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lined whelk

Shell of Buccinulum linea (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. linea
Subspecies:	B. linea linea
Trinomial name
*Buccinulum linea linea* (Martyn, 1784)
Synonyms
Buccinulum (Chathamina) characteristica Finlay, 1928 Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum aupouria Powell, 1940 Buccinulum (Evarnula) squalidum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum Finlay, 1926 Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum decoratum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum multilineum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum squalidum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum sufflatum Finlay, 1926 Buccinulum sufflatum decoratum Powell, 1929 Buccinulum waitangiensis Powell, 1933 Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784 (basionym) Cominella striata Hutton, 1875 † Euthria lineata "Martyn" Fusus chemnitzii Anton, 1838 Fusus linea Martyn, 1784 Fusus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Murex lineatus Gmelin, 1791 Verconella dubia Marwick, 1924 † Verconella thomsoni Marwick, 1924 †

Buccinulum linea linea, or the lined whelk, is the nominate subspecies of the species Buccinulum linea. This is a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae. It is found only in New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands.

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