Family Busyconidae Wade 1917 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Busyconidae

Parent taxon: Buccinoidea according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022

See also Olsson 1967

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Busyconinae Busycotypinae

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Type: Busycon

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (92: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of United States (28: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene of India (1), United States (39: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)

• Oligocene of United States (3: Florida, North Carolina)

• Eocene of United States (8: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 177 collections including 328 occurrences

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