''Fulguropsis'' is a
genus of
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, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the
family Busyconidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Fulguropsis'' include:
* ''
Fulguropsis feldmanni''
Petuch, 1991
* ''
Fulguropsis keysensis''
Petuch, 2013
* ''
Fulguropsis plagosa
''Fulguropsis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Busyconidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Fulguropsis'' include:
* ''Fulguropsis feldmanni'' Petuch, 1991
* ''Fulguropsis ...
''
(Conrad, 1863)
* ''
Fulguropsis pyruloides''
(Say, 1822)
* † ''
Fulguropsis radula''
Petuch, 1994
* ''
Fulguropsis spirata
''Fulguropsis spirata'', commonly known as pear whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks. The species is also occasionally referred to as the Gulf pear whelk to differentiate it fr ...
''
(Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Fulguropsis texana
''Fulguropsis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Busyconidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Fulguropsis'' include:
* ''Fulguropsis feldmanni'' Petuch, 1991
* ''Fulguropsis ...
''
(Hollister, 1958)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Fulguropsis rachelcarsonae''
Petuch, R.F. Myers & Berschauer, 2015: synonym of ''Fulguropsis pyruloides rachelcarsonae''
Petuch, R. F. Myers & Berschauer, 2015 (original rank)
* ''Fulguropsis spiratum'' : synonym of ''Busycotypus spiratus''
(Lamarck, 1816), synonym of ''Fulguropsis spirata''
(Lamarck, 1816)
References
Further reading
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External links
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Busyconidae
Gastropod genera