Busyconidae

The Busyconidae are taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks.^[1]

Busyconidae
The pear whelk fulguropsis spirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Busyconidae Wade, 1917 (1867)

Subfamilies

• Busyconinae Wade, 1917 (1867)
• Busycotypinae Petuch, 1994
  • Busycotypus Wenz, 1943
  • Fulguropsis Marks, 1950