Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combinations: Busycon (Busycon) carica, Murex carica, Pyrula carica
Synonyms: Busycon carica rucksorum Petuch 1994, Busycon rucksorum Petuch 1994
Belongs to Busycon according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Cooke 1936, Holmes 1858, Olsson 1967, Petuch and Roberts 2007 and Spencer and Campbell 1987
Sister taxa: Busycon (Busycoarctum), Busycon (Busycon), Busycon (Sinistrofulgur), Busycon aldrichi, Busycon alencasterae, Busycon alumense, Busycon atraktoides, Busycon contrarium, Busycon dasum, Busycon epispiniger, Busycon filosum, Busycon foerstei, Busycon fusiformis, Busycon perversum, Busycon radix, Busycon sicyoides, Busycon sinistrum, Busycon spiniger, Busycon tritonis, Fulguropsis feldmanni, Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum, Pyruella blountense
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (31: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
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