Busyconidae
Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791)
Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791)
Busycon carica, the knobbed whelk, is a large predatory North Atlantic sea snail and the state shell of New Jersey and Georgia.
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958)
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958)
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum, the lightning whelk, is a left-handed predatory marine gastropod that feeds mostly on bivalves.
Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Busycotypus canaliculatus, the channeled whelk, is an edible marine whelk native to the US East Coast, used to make traditional wampum.
Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816)
Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816)
Fulguropsis spirata (pear whelk) is an edible marine busycon whelk found from the Caribbean to the Western Gulf of Mexico.
Fulguropsis pyruloides (Say, 1822)
Fulguropsis pyruloides (Say, 1822)
Fulguropsis pyruloides is a common marine gastropod pear whelk native to the southeastern US Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
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