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Busycotypus canaliculatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Murex canaliculatus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; Massachusetts-Florida.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is LS 555, a shell.

It was recombined as Busycon canaliculatum by Holmes (1858), Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Spencer and Campbell (1987); it was recombined as Busycon (Busycotypus) canaliculatum by Wenz (1943) and Hollister (1958); it was recombined as Busycotypus canaliculatus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus p. 753
1858Busycon canaliculatum Holmes p. 66
1943Busycon (Busycotypus) canaliculatum Wenz p. 1219
1954Busycon canaliculatum Abbott
1958Busycon (Busycotypus) canaliculatum Hollister pp. 94-95
1962Busycon canaliculatum Richards p. 83
1987Busycon canaliculatum Spencer and Campbell p. 66
2008Busycotypus canaliculatus Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyBusyconinaeWade 1917
genusBusycotypus
speciescanaliculatus(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available