Busycotypus

Busycotypus

Taxobox
name = "Busycotypus"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Melongenidae
subfamilia = Busyconinae
genus = "Busycotypus"
genus_authority = Wenz, 1943
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Busycotypus" is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae. These are commonly known in the USA as whelks.

pecies

* Subgenus "Busycotypus" Wenz, 1943
** "Busycotypus canaliculatus" (Linnaeus, 1758) (the channeled whelk)
* Subgenus "Fulguropsis" (Marks, 1950)
** "Busycotypus plagosus" (Conrad, 1863)
*** "Busycotypus plagosus galvestonesis" (Hollister, 1958)
*** "Busycotypus plagosus texanus" (Hollister, 1958)
** "Busycotypus spiratus" (Conrad, 1863)
*** "Busycotypus spiratus pyruloides" (Say, 1822) (the pear whelk)
*** "Busycotypus spiratus spiratus" (Lamarck, 1816)


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