Busycon (Busycon) Röding 1798 (whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Parent taxon: Busycon according to A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison 1953

See also DuBar 1958 and Olsson 1967

Sister taxa: Busycon (Busycoarctum), 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, Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum, Fulguropsis feldmanni, Pyruella blountense

Subtaxa: Busycon (Busycon) contrarius Busycon (Busycon) rapum

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Florida collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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