Pyruella blountense Mansfield 1935 (whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Alternative combination: Busycon blountense

Belongs to Pyruella according to E. J. Petuch 1988

Sister taxa: Busycon (Busycoarctum), Busycon (Busycon), Busycon (Sinistrofulgur), Busycon aldrichi, Busycon alencasterae, Busycon alumense, Busycon atraktoides, Busycon carica, 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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pyruella blountense in the database

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