Busycotypus

Busycotypus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Busycotypinae .

Busycotypus
Live Busycotypus canaliculatus for sale in a California seafood market
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Busyconidae
Subfamily:	Busycotypinae
Genus:	Busycotypus Wenz, 1943
Type species
Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms
Busycotypus (Pyrofulgur) Hollister, 1958

In the United States, these are commonly known as whelks.^[1]

Species

• † Busycotypus calvertensis Petuch, 1988
• Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (the channeled whelk)

Species brought into synonymy

• Busycotypus plagosus (Conrad, 1863): synonym of Fulguropsis plagosa (Conrad, 1863)
• Busycotypus spiratus (Conrad, 1863): synonym of Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816)