Busyconinae

Taxobox
name = Busyconinae

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image_caption = Lightning whelk, "Busycon contrarium"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Melongenidae
subfamilia = Busyconinae
subfamilia_authority = Finlay and Marwick, 1937
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Busyconinae is a taxonomic subfamily of very large edible sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, often known as the "Busycon" whelks.

The subfamily contains the following genera:

* "Busycon" Röding, 1798
* "Busycotypus" Wenz, 1943