''Sinistrofulgur'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of large
sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling,
marine gastropod mollusk
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 e ...
s in the
subfamily Busyconinae
The Busyconinae are taxonomic subfamily of large sea snails, often known as whelks. The name "whelk" also refers to Buccinidae. Busyconinae consists of Recent and fossil species.Bouchet, P. (2015). Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867). In: MolluscaB ...
.
Species
References
* Hollister S.C. 1958, ''A review of the genus Busycon and its allies'' - Part I: Palaeontographica Americana IV(28): 48-126, pls. 8-18
* 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.
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Busyconinae
Gastropod genera