Busycotypus
Genus of gastropods
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::summary Genus of gastropods ::
|taxon = Busycotypus |image = Large eastern conch.jpg |image_caption = Live Busycotypus canaliculatus for sale in a California seafood market |authority = Wenz, 1943 |synonyms = Busycotypus (Pyrofulgur) Hollister, 1958 |type_species= Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |display_parents= 3
Busycotypus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Busycotypinae .
In the United States, these are commonly known as whelks.
Species
- † Busycotypus calvertensis Petuch, 1988
- Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (the channeled whelk) ;Species brought into synonymy:
- Busycotypus plagosus (Conrad, 1863): synonym of Fulguropsis plagosa (Conrad, 1863)
- Busycotypus spiratus (Conrad, 1863): synonym of Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816)
References
- Hollister S.C. 1958, A review of the genus Busycon and its allies - Part I: Palaeontographica Americana IV(28): 48–126, pls. 8-18 page(s): 99
- Petuch E.J. (1994). Atlas of Florida fossil shells. Evanston, Illinois: Chicago Spectrum Press. 394 pp., 20 figs., 100 pls. page(s): 317
References
- link. (2015-12-08 on 2015-12-03)
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