Busycotypus

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

Busycotypus
Live Busycotypus canaliculatus for sale in a California seafood market
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Busyconinae
Genus: Busycotypus
Wenz, 1943
Type species
Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms

Busycotypus (Pyrofulgur) Hollister, 1958

Species
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
  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:
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