WoRMS name details
Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758)
217074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217074)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Busycon perversum laeostomum Kent, 1982 accepted as Sinistrofulgur laeostomum (Kent, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Busycon perversum perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sinistrofulgur perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Busycon perversum sinistrum Hollister, 1958 accepted as Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex perversus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217074 on 2025-07-02
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Nomenclature
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(of Murex perversus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Mansfield, W. C. (1930). Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. <em>Florida State Geological Survey, Bulletin.</em> 3: 1-185, 21 pls., available online at https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00000437/00001
page(s): 69, pl. 10, fig. 5 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Smith, B. (1939). Type specimen of <i>Busycon perversum</i> (<i>Murex perversus</i>) Linné. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 53(1): 23-26, pl. 7, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516305 [details]
additional source Hackney, A. G. (1944). Albino specimen of <i>Busycon perversum</i> L. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(1): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515605 [details]
page(s): 69, pl. 10, fig. 5 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Smith, B. (1939). Type specimen of <i>Busycon perversum</i> (<i>Murex perversus</i>) Linné. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 53(1): 23-26, pl. 7, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516305 [details]
additional source Hackney, A. G. (1944). Albino specimen of <i>Busycon perversum</i> L. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(1): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515605 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
