Busyconidae
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| taxon = Busyconidae
| image = Fulguropsis spirata pahayokee 01.JPG
| image_caption = The pear whelk fulguropsis spirata
| authority = Wade, 1917 (1867)
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The Busyconidae are taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862828 on 2022-10-26
Subfamilies
- Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867)
- Busycotypinae Petuch, 1994
- Busycotypus Wenz, 1943
- Fulguropsis Marks, 1950
References
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- 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
External links
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- [https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031 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]
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