Busycotypus | |
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Live Busycotypus canaliculatus for sale in a California seafood market | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Busyconidae |
Subfamily: | Busycotypinae |
Genus: | Busycotypus Wenz, 1943 |
Type species | |
Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
Busycotypus (Pyrofulgur) Hollister, 1958 |
Busycotypus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Busycotypinae .
In the United States, these are commonly known as whelks.[1]