Busycon dasum Gardner 1947 (whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Alternative combination: Turrifulgur dasum

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 epispiniger, Busycon filosum, Busycon foerstei, Busycon fusiformis, Busycon perversum, Busycon radix, Busycon sicyoides, Busycon sinistrum, Busycon spiniger, Busycon tritonis, Fulguropsis feldmanni, Pyruella blountense, Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum

Type specimen: USNM 113618, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2238 - Flournoy's Mill [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (7: Florida collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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