Busyconidae

Busyconidae
The pear whelk fulguropsis spirata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)

The Busyconidae are taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks.^[1]

Subfamilies[edit]

• Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867)
• Busycotypinae Petuch, 1994
  • Busycotypus Wenz, 1943
  • Fulguropsis Marks, 1950

References[edit]

• Wade, B. (1917). An Upper Cretaceous Fulgur. American Journal of Science. ser. 4, 43: 293–297.
• 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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• Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022) (nomenclatural availability: 2021). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194: 789-857