Busycotypus
Encyclopedia
Busycotypus is a genus of very large sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Buccinidae
. In the USA, these are commonly known as whelk
s.
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
. In the USA, these are commonly known as whelk
Whelk
Whelk, also spelled welk or even "wilks", is a common name used to mean one or more kinds of sea snail. The species, genera and families referred to using this common name vary a great deal from one geographic area to another...
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Subgenera and species
Subgenera and species within the genus Busycotypus are as follows:- Subgenus Busycotypus WenzWilhelm August WenzWilhelm August Wenz was a German malacologist, born in Frankfurt am Main. He is the author of the 7-part Gastropoda section of Handbuch der Paläozoologie , a very important review that described all known fossil genera...
, 1943- Busycotypus canaliculatus (LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758) (the channeled whelkChanneled whelkThe channeled whelk, Busycotypus canaliculatus, previously known as Busycon canaliculatum, is a very large predatory sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod, a busycon whelk, belonging to the family Buccinidae. This species is edible....
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- Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus
- Subgenus FulguropsisFulguropsisFulguropsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.-Species:Species within the genus Fulguropsis include:* Fulguropsis feldmanni Petuch, 1991...
(Marks, 1950)- Busycotypus plagosus (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1863)- Busycotypus plagosus galvestonesis (Hollister, 1958)
- Busycotypus plagosus texanus (Hollister, 1958)
- Busycotypus spiratus (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1863)- Busycotypus spiratus pyruloides (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1822) (the pear whelk) - Busycotypus spiratus spiratus (LamarckJean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck , often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist...
, 1816)
- Busycotypus spiratus pyruloides (Say
- Busycotypus plagosus (Conrad