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Sinistrofulgur
5 views of a shell of Sinistrofulgur perversum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Busyconidae
Subfamily: Busyconinae
Genus: Sinistrofulgur
Hollister, 1958
Type species
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum
Hollister, 1958
Species

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Synonyms

Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) Hollister, 1958

Sinistrofulgur is a genus of large sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Busyconinae. [1]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Sinistrofulgur". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  • Hollister S.C. 1958, A review of the genus Busycon and its allies - Part I: Palaeontographica Americana IV(28): 48-126, pls. 8-18
  • 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.