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Busycotypus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Busycotypus was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Busycon (Busycotypus) by Wenz (1943), Olsson and Harbison (1953) and Abbott (1970).

It was assigned to Busycon by Wenz (1943), Olsson and Harbison (1953) and Abbott (1970); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Busyconinae by Petuch (1988), Ward (1992) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Busycon (Busycotypus) Wenz p. 1219
1953Busycon (Busycotypus) Olsson and Harbison p. 211
1970Busycon (Busycotypus) Abbott p. 223
1988Busycotypus Petuch pp. 24, 41
1992Busycotypus Ward p. 131
2002Busycotypus Sepkoski
2008Busycotypus 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

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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†Busycotypus alveatum Conrad 1863
†Busycotypus asheri Petuch 1988
†Busycotypus canaliferum Conrad 1863
†Busycotypus concinnum Conrad 1875
†Busycotypus conradi Tuomey and Holmes 1856
†Busycotypus coronatum Conrad 1840
†Busycotypus libertiense Mansfield 1930
†Busycotypus propeincile Mansfield 1930
†Busycotypus rugosum Conrad 1843
†Busycotypus scalarispira Conrad 1863
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Invalid names: Busycotypus calvertensis Petuch 1989 [synonym]
Busycotypus spiratus Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Bulla pyrum Dillwyn 1817 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) B. sp. 1, B. sp. 2 (111204)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) B. coronatum, B. rugosum (70853)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) B. coronatum, B. rugosum (71632) B. sp. (71637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) B. coronatum, B. rugosum (51722 51727) B. coronatum, B. rugosum, B. asheri, B. alveatum (92325) B. sp. (69032)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) B. coronatum (71536 71618)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Busycon pyrum (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) B. incile (96535)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Busycon pyrum (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) B. bicoronatum (79959) B. libertiensis, B. incile, B. aepynotum (79960)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) B. incile (78262 78268 78269 78272 78273)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) B. canaliculatus (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Busycon pyrum (41501 75001 79331 79786 79788 79789) Busycon spiratum (61309) B. scotti (79748)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Busycon concinnum (59316) Busycon spiratus, Busycon concinnum (58898)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Busycon canaliculatum (66601 66603 66612 66614 66616 66617 66618 66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Busycon canaliculatum (7108 7109)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Busycon concinnum (59313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Busycon canaliculatum (150656)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Busycon canaliculatum (66703)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Busycon pyrum (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Busycon spiratum (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Busycon canaliculatum (66755 66756) Busycon canaliculatum, Busycon spiratum (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Busycon canaliculatum (57702 57705 57706) B. canaliculatus (69048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Busycon canaliculatum (61270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Busycon pyrum (41740) B. canaliculatus, B. spiratus (96538) Fulguropsis spiratum (79738)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Busycon canaliculatum (66720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Busycon canaliculatum (66742 66744 66749 66750 66751 66754) Busycon spiratum (69045)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Busycon spiratum (41935 92776)