Busycon atraktoides Gardner 1947 (whelk)

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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