Buccinidae (buccinum whelks) |
20.5 cm DL (male/unsexed) |
benthic; marine; depth range 100 - 800 m |
Indo-West Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. |
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Maximum depth from Ref. 106831. Outer shelf-upper bathyal species (Ref. 106069). Found on hard bottom (Ref. 106069) and exposed sandy beach (Ref. 84279). Ranellinae are generalist predators, feeding on echinoderms, ascidians and polychaetes (Ref. 87385) |
(LR/nt); Date assessed: 01 August 1996 Ref. 123251)
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harmless |
Known from KwaZulu-Natal (Ref. 100885). C: Ref. 106069, 100885. |
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