Buccinulum vittatum vittatum

Taxobox
name = "Buccinulum vittatum vittatum"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Buccinidae
genus = Buccinulum
species = "B. vittatum"
subspecies = "B. vittatum vittatum"
trinomial = "Buccinulum vittatum vittatum"
trinomial_authority = (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

"Buccinulum vittatum vittatum" is a gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, endemic to New Zealand. It is found under stones on the lower shore, around the northern half of the North Island.

The shell is small to medium sized, fusiform, and very variable in both sculpture and coloration. The typical form is whitish with two broad purplish-brown spiral bands on the body whorl. Other variants are plain bluish-white; plain whitish; greyish, with numerous brown spiral lines; and brown lines, often broken into a series of dots and irregularly blotched in brown.

Maximum height is 26 mm, and width 12 mm.

References

* Miller M & Batt G, "Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand", William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1