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Busycotypus
Sign in to saveBusycotypus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Busycotypinae .
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyBusyconidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 597
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Busyconidae
- Collections
- UF
- Recorded in
- United States
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Busycotypus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.