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Busycon (whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Busycon Röding
1947Busycon Gardner p. 449
1948Busycon Gardner p. 238
1950Fulguropsis Marks
1953Busycon (Echinofulgur) Olsson and Harbison
1953Busycon Olsson and Harbison p. 209
1958Busycon DuBar p. 192
1958Sinistrofulgur Hollister
1967Busycon Olsson p. 31
1967Busycon (Echinofulgur) Olsson p. 31
1970Busycon Abbott p. 222
1970Busycon (Fulguropsis) Abbott p. 223
1982Pyruella Petuch
1987Busycon Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1992Busycon Ward p. 131
2002Busycon Sepkoski
2002Echinofulgur Sepkoski
2004Lindafulgur Petuch

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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
genusBusyconRöding 1798

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.

G. Busycon Röding 1798 [whelk]
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Subg. Busycon (Busycoarctum) Hollister 1958
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Subg. Busycon (Busycon) Röding 1798
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Busycon (Busycon) rapum Heilprin 1887
Subg. Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) Hollister 1958
Busycon aldrichi Gardner 1947
Busycon alencasterae Perrilliat 1963
Busycon alumense Mansfield 1930
Busycon atraktoides Gardner 1947
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792
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Invalid names: Busycon rucksorum Petuch 1994 [synonym]
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840
Busycon dasum Gardner 1947
Busycon epispiniger Gardner 1947
Busycon filosum Conrad 1862
Busycon foerstei Gardner 1947
Busycon fusiformis Conrad 1840
Busycon perversum Linnaeus 1758
Busycon radix Gardner 1947
Busycon sicyoides Gardner 1947
Busycon sinistrum Hollister 1958
Busycon spiniger Conrad 1865
Busycon tritonis Conrad 1863
Invalid names: Echinofulgur Olsson and Harbison 1953 [synonym], Fulguropsis Marks 1950 [synonym], Lindafulgur Petuch 2004 [synonym], Pyruella Petuch 1982 [synonym], Sinistrofulgur Hollister 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available