The Busyconinae are
taxonomic
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subfamily
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of large
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, often known as
whelk
Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to various kinds of sea snail. Although a number of whelks are relatively large and are in the family Buccinidae (the true whelks), the word ''whelk'' is also applied to some other marine ...
s. The name "whelk" also refers to
Buccinidae
The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Buccinidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. A ...
. Busyconinae consists of Recent and fossil species.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862828 on 2015-12-03]
Genera
* † ''
Brachysycon''
Petuch, 1994
* ''
Busycoarctum''
Hollister, 1958
* ''
Busycon
''Busycon'' is a genus of very large edible sea snails in the subfamily Busyconinae. These snails are commonly known in the United States as ''whelks'' or ''Busycon whelks''. Less commonly they are loosely, and somewhat misleadingly, called "conc ...
''
Röding, 1798
** Tribe ''Busyconini''
Wade, 1917
** Tribe ''Busycotypini''
Petuch, 1994
* † ''
Coronafulgur''
Petuch, 2004
* † ''
Laevisycon''
Petuch, R.F. Myers & Berschauer, 2015
* ''
Lindafulgur''
Petuch, 2004
* † ''
Pyruella''
Petuch, 1982
* ''
Sinistrofulgur
''Sinistrofulgur'' is a genus of large sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Busyconinae
The Busyconinae are taxonomic subfamily of large sea snails, often known as whelks. The name "whel ...
''
Hollister, 1958
* † ''
Spinifulgur''
Petuch, 1994
* † ''
Sycofulgur''
Marks, 1950
* † ''
Sycopsis
''Sycopsis'' is a genus of plants in the family Hamamelidaceae native to southern central ChinaFlora of China via eFloras. Available at: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=131962 ccessed 10/03/21/ref>Plants of the World On ...
''
Conrad, 1867
* † ''
Turrifulgur''
Petuch, 1988
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Fulgur''
Montfort, 1810: synonym of ''Busycon''
Röding, 1798
References
* Petuch E.J., Myers R.F. & Berschauer D.P. (2015). ''The living and fossil Busycon whelks: Iconic mollusks of eastern North America.'' San Diego Shell Club. viii + 195 pp.
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
External links
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