Busyconinae
| Busyconinae | |
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| Three views of one shell of Busycon perversum with operculum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Subfamily: | Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867) |
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The Busyconinae comprise a taxonomic subfamily of very large edible sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, often known as the Busycon whelks, in the family Buccinidae.
Taxonomy
Genera Busycon and Busycotypus were placed in the Melongenidae.[1] Based on digestive system and on cladistic analysis[1] subfamily Busyconinae was moved to the Buccinidae. The same placement is also in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) and the subfamily Busyconinae consists of two tribes:
Subfamily Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867)
- tribe Busyconini Wade, 1917 (1867) - synonym: Fulgurinae Stoliczka, 1867
- tribe Busycotypini Petuch, 1994
- Busycotypus Wenz, 1943
References
- 1 2 Kosyan A. R. & Kantor Yu. I. (2004). "Morphology, taxonomic status and relationships of Melongenidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)". Ruthenica 14(1): 9-36. abstract and preview
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