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Buccinum scalariforme

Møller, 1842

Ladder Whelk

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.872210
Element CodeIMGAS0E020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyBuccinidae
GenusBuccinum
Concept Reference
Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
Conservation Status
Change Date2012-03-12
Edition Date2012-03-20
Edition AuthorsM. Anions
Range Extent Comments
This species is currently known from west Greenland, and Iceland. For Canada and the United States it is known from: Queen Elizabeth Islands, NT; Baffin Island, NU; Hudson Bay (MB & QC); Gulf of St. Lawrence (QC, NF); western Atlantic (NF, LB, Maine).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
CanadaNNR
ProvinceRankNative
Island of NewfoundlandSNRYes
NunavutSNRYes
LabradorSNRYes
Nova ScotiaSNRYes
QuebecSNRYes
Roadless Areas (1)
Alaska (1)
AreaForestAcres
Windham-Port HoughtonTongass National Forest161,952
References (2)
  1. Brunel, P., L. Bosse and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
  2. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.