MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Buccinum polaris Gray, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): 128 [details]
basis of record
Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2019). How well are the northern whelks known? On the history of the Polar Whelk, <i>Buccinum polare</i> Gray, 1839 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 57(4): 134-153.
page(s): 135, figs 1, 10-17 [details]
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Distribution With certainty known from Chukchi Sea and adjacent Beaufort Sea in the Polar Ocean, along the Bering Sea as far south as the Sea of Okhotsk. [details]
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