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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Melongenidae

Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958


Range: 30°N to 24.65°N; 88°W to 80°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m (live 0 to 28 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 450  mm

Synonymy

Busycon contrarium auct. non Conrad, 1840
Busycon aspinosum Hollister, 1958
Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958) 

Details


Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 30°N to 24.65°N; 88°W to 80°W
Depth: 0 to 28 m (live 0 to 28 m)
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Alabama
References: Hollister (1958) W; Wise et al. (2004) S
Comments: Records from the Atlantic are misidentifications according to Wise et al. (2004), who treat B. sinistrum as a subspecies of B. perversum.
Combining Genera:  Sinistrofulgur

Busycon aspinosum Hollister, 1958, 
[Synonym]

Busycon contrarium auct. non Conrad, 1840, 
[Not available]
Depth: 0 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 450 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Louisiana
References: Lyons et al. (1971) DdN
Comments: Misidentification; Busycon contrarium, often used for this species, is an extinct fossil species.



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