Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combination: Turrifulgur atraktoides
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 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, Pyruella blountense, Fulguropsis feldmanni, Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum
Type specimen: USNM 371800, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7055 - Old Senterfeit Mill [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 7055 - Old Senterfeit Mill [Oak Grove Sand]
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