Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Lightning Whelk
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Neogastropoda
()
- Thiele, 1929
- Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Melongenidae
()
- T. Gill, 1871 (1854)
- Subfamily:
Busyconinae
()
- Tribe:
Busyconini
()
- Genus:
Busycon
()
- P.F. Röding, 1798
- Specific name:
sinistrum
- Hollister, 1958
- Scientific name: - Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958
- Specific name:
sinistrum
- Hollister, 1958
- Genus:
Busycon
(
- Tribe:
Busyconini
(
- Subfamily:
Busyconinae
(
- Family:
Melongenidae
(
- Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Neogastropoda
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Busycon contrarium aspinosum Hollister • Busycon contrarium sinistrum Hollister
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Dec-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Busycon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. candelabrum (Splendid Whelk) · B. carica (Knobbed Whelk) · B. coarctatum (Turnip Whelk) · B. laeostomum (Snow Whelk) · B. pulleyi (Prickly Whelk) · B. sinistrum (Lightning Whelk)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Our living oceans: report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, [1999] url p. 295.
- Palaeontographica Americana. 1958 Ithaca, N.Y.: Paleontological Research Institution, url p. 78, p. 79, p. 84, p. 86, p. 87.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url p. 75, p. 80.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2685757
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-74075
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13731996
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 74075
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASR0030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 159812
