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Busycon (whelk)

Taxonomy

Busycon was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 814]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Busyconidae by Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958) and Olsson (1967); to Melongenidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Busyconinae by Abbott (1970) and Ward (1992); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Sister genera

Synonyms

Busycon (Echinofulgur) was named by Olsson and Harbison (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. Its type is Fulgur echinatum.

It was reranked as Echinofulgur by Sepkoski (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Busycon by Hendy et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Busycon by Olsson and Harbison (1953) and Olsson (1967); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
Fulguropsis was named by Marks (1950). It is extant.

It was reranked as Busycon (Fulguropsis) by Abbott (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Busycon by Hendy et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Busycon by Abbott (1970).
Sinistrofulgur was named by Hollister (1958). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Busycon by Hendy et al. (2008).
Lindafulgur was named by Petuch (2004).

It was synonymized subjectively with Busycon by Hendy et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Busyconinae by Petuch (2004).
Pyruella was named by Petuch (1982).

It was synonymized subjectively with Busycon by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1798	Busycon Röding
1947	Busycon Gardner p. 449
1948	Busycon Gardner p. 238
1950	Fulguropsis Marks
1953	Busycon (Echinofulgur) Olsson and Harbison
1953	Busycon Olsson and Harbison p. 209
1958	Busycon DuBar p. 192
1958	Sinistrofulgur Hollister
1967	Busycon Olsson p. 31
1967	Busycon (Echinofulgur) Olsson p. 31
1970	Busycon Abbott p. 222
1970	Busycon (Fulguropsis) Abbott p. 223
1982	Pyruella Petuch
1987	Busycon Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1992	Busycon Ward p. 131
2002	Busycon Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Echinofulgur Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Lindafulgur Petuch

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