Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combination: Turrifulgur aldrichi
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 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, Pyruella blountense
Type specimen: USNM 371801, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 5079 - Shell Bluff [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 (4: Florida collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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