Busycotypus Wenz 1943

Busycotypus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Busycotypinae .

In the United States, these are commonly known as whelks.^[1]

Species

• † Busycotypus calvertensis Petuch, 1988
• Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (the channeled whelk)

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

• 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
• Petuch E.J. (1994). Atlas of Florida fossil shells. Evanston, Illinois: Chicago Spectrum Press. 394 pp., 20 figs., 100 pls.

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