WoRMS taxon details
Busycon Röding, 1798
160183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160183)
accepted
Genus
Busycon muricatum Röding, 1798 accepted as Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)
Fulgur Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Busycon (Busycoarctum) Hollister, 1958 accepted as Busycoarctum Hollister, 1958
- Species Busycon (Busycoarctum) lyonsi Petuch, 1987 accepted as Lindafulgur lyonsi (Petuch, 1987) (basionym)
- Subgenus Busycon (Busycotypus) Wenz, 1943 accepted as Busycotypus Wenz, 1943 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Busycon (Fulguropsis) E. S. Marks, 1950 accepted as Fulguropsis E. S. Marks, 1950 (unaccepted > superseded rank, original rank)
- Subgenus Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) Hollister, 1958 accepted as Sinistrofulgur Hollister, 1958 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) aspinosum Hollister, 1958 accepted as Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958)
- Species Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sinistrofulgur perversum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) sinistrum Hollister, 1958 accepted as Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Busycon (Sycotypus) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Ficus Röding, 1798
- Subgenus Busycon (Taphon) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Taphon H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original rank)
- Species Busycon canaliculatum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Busycon candelabrum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Lindafulgur candelabrum (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Busycon coarctatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Busycoarctum coarctatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Busycon eliceans (Montfort, 1810) accepted as Busycon carica eliceans (Montfort, 1810) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Busycon laeostomum Kent, 1982 accepted as Sinistrofulgur laeostomum (Kent, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Busycon lyonsi Petuch, 1987 accepted as Lindafulgur lyonsi (Petuch, 1987) (original combination)
- Species Busycon muricatum Röding, 1798 accepted as Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sinistrofulgur perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Busycon plagosum Conrad, 1863 accepted as Fulguropsis plagosa (Conrad, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Busycon pulleyi Hollister, 1958 accepted as Sinistrofulgur pulleyi (Hollister, 1958) (original combination)
- Species Busycon pyrum (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958 accepted as Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Busycon Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160183 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Fulgur Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details]
original description (of Fulgur Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details]
Other
additional source
Baily, J. L., Jr. & Baily, R. I. (1943). Do hermit crabs inhabit sinistral shells?. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(3): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520218 [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. (1954). <i>Galeodes</i>, <i>Busycon</i> and <i>Melongena</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 67(4): 139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514771 [details]
additional source Hollister S.C. 1958, A review of the genus <i>Busycon</i> and its allies - Part I: <i>Palaeontographica Americana</i> IV(28): 48-126, pls. 8-18. [details]
additional source Petuch, E. J.; Myers, R. F. & Berschauer D. P. (2015). <i>The living and fossil </i>Busycon<i> whelks: Iconic mollusks of eastern North America.</i> San Diego Shell Club. viii + 195 pp. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Clench, W. J. (1954). <i>Galeodes</i>, <i>Busycon</i> and <i>Melongena</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 67(4): 139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514771 [details]
additional source Hollister S.C. 1958, A review of the genus <i>Busycon</i> and its allies - Part I: <i>Palaeontographica Americana</i> IV(28): 48-126, pls. 8-18. [details]
additional source Petuch, E. J.; Myers, R. F. & Berschauer D. P. (2015). <i>The living and fossil </i>Busycon<i> whelks: Iconic mollusks of eastern North America.</i> San Diego Shell Club. viii + 195 pp. [details] Available for editors
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