Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combination: Turrifulgur foerstei
Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709
Belongs to Busycon according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1947 and 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 fusiformis, Busycon perversum, Busycon radix, Busycon sicyoides, Busycon sinistrum, Busycon spiniger, Busycon tritonis, Fulguropsis feldmanni, Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum, Pyruella blountense
Type specimen: USNM 3671802, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7148 - Gastopod Gulch [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Georgia.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 7148 - Gastopod Gulch [Oak Grove Sand]
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