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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) and 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
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Busycotypus canaliculatus (71138)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Busycon canaliculatum (150656)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Busycon canaliculatum (66703)
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)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Busycotypus canaliculatus (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Busycon canaliculatum (66755 66756 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Busycon canaliculatum (66742 66744 66749 66750 66751 66754)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Busycon canaliculatum (57702 57705 57706) Busycotypus canaliculatus (69048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Busycon canaliculatum (61270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Busycon canaliculatum (66720)