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What

Lined Whelk (Buccinulum linea)

Observer

memopob

Date

February 23, 2016

Description

One of Powell's species has been merged into this epithet. This was once considered Buccinulum multilinea [Powell]
Compare this to the secondary photos of Buccinulum linea ss [Martyn] [a rather rusty example] to see why Powell separated these.
Linea is considerably coarser in lines. I don't recall seeing an intermediate form. What's more the coarse lined shells reach greater size.

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