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Busycotypus
Live Busycotypus canaliculatus for sale in a California seafood market
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Busyconidae
Genus:
Busycotypus

Wenz, 1943
Type species
Murex canaliculatus
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Busycotypus (Pyrofulgur) Hollister, 1958

Busycotypus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Busyconidae. In the United States, these are commonly known as whelks.[1]

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ 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
  • Jaxshell info at: [1]
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