Sinistrofulgur sinistrum

Sinistrofulgur sinistrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Busyconidae
Genus:	Sinistrofulgur
Species:	S. sinistrum
Binomial name
	Sinistrofulgur sinistrum; (Hollister, 1958)
Synonyms
	Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) aspinosum Hollister, 1958; Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) sinistrum Hollister, 1958 (basionym); Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958 (original combination);

Sinistrofulgur sinistrum is an edible species of large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks. ^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 200 mm and 450 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.

^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862934 on 2015-12-03

Petuch E.J., Myers R.F. & Berschauer D.P. (2015). The living and fossil Busycon whelks: Iconic mollusks of eastern North America. San Diego Shell Club. viii + 195 pp.