Biology:Busycotypus
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| Live Busycotypus canaliculatus for sale in a California seafood market | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Busyconidae |
| Subfamily: | Busycotypinae |
| Genus: | Busycotypus Wenz, 1943 |
| Type species | |
| Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Busycotypus (Pyrofulgur) Hollister, 1958 | |
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.[1]
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
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Busycotypus Wenz, 1943. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160190 on 2015-12-03
- 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
External links
- Jaxshell info at: [1]
- Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022) (nomenclatural availability: 2021). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194: 789-857
Wikidata ☰ Q3143125 entry
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