Buccinum lyperum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. A few authors use the epithet "lyperium"
Description The size of an adult shell varies between 51 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution This species is found in the North Pacific Ocean along the Bering Sea and Kamchatka.
References
Baily J.L. 1961. A new name for Buccinum tenue, Gray, 1839 preoccupied. Veliger, 3 (4): 93–94. Kosuge S. 1972. Illustrations of type specimens of molluscs described by William Healey Dall; Tokyo, 65 p.
External links
Gastropods.com : Buccinum tenue tenue; accessed : 19 June 2011