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Busycon carica
Taxonomy
Murex carica was named by Gmelin (1792) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Western Atlantic. TYPE: Holotype unknown.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Pyrula carica by Cooke (1936); it was recombined as Busycon (Busycon) carica by Olsson (1967); it was recombined as Busycon carica by Holmes (1858), Smith (1938), Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Spencer and Campbell (1987) and Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Pyrula carica by Cooke (1936); it was recombined as Busycon (Busycon) carica by Olsson (1967); it was recombined as Busycon carica by Holmes (1858), Smith (1938), Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Spencer and Campbell (1987) and Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1792 | Murex carica Gmelin |
| 1858 | Busycon carica Holmes p. 65 |
| 1936 | Pyrula carica Cooke p. 125 |
| 1938 | Busycon carica Smith |
| 1954 | Busycon carica Abbott p. 235 |
| 1962 | Busycon carica Richards p. 83 |
| 1967 | Busycon (Busycon) carica Olsson p. 31 |
| 1987 | Busycon carica Spencer and Campbell p. 66 |
| 1994 | Busycon carica rucksorum Petuch pp. 310-311 figs. pl. 60, fig. K |
| 2007 | Busycon rucksorum Petuch and Roberts |
| 2008 | Busycon carica Hendy et al. |
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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.
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792
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Invalid names: Busycon rucksorum Petuch 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available