Busycotypus chesapeakensis Petuch 1988 (whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217

Belongs to Busycotypus according to E. J. Petuch 1988

Sister taxa: Busycotypus alveatum, Busycotypus asheri, Busycotypus canaliculatus, Busycotypus canaliferum, Busycotypus concinnum, Busycotypus conradi, Busycotypus coronatum, Busycotypus libertiense, Busycotypus propeincile, Busycotypus rugosum, Busycotypus scalarispira, Busycotypus spiratus

Type specimen: USNM 427963, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Busycotypus chesapeakensis in the database

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