Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Buccinoidea
Familia: Buccinidae
Genus: Fulguropsis
Species: F. feldmanni – F. keysensis – F. plagosa – F. pyruloides – †F. radula – F. spirata – F. texana
Name
Fulguropsis Marks, 1950
Type Species: Bulla pyrum Dillwyn, 1817 (by original designation) [= Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816)]
References
Links
Fulguropsis in the World Register of Marine Species
Fulguropsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Busyconidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Fulguropsis include:
Fulguropsis feldmanni Petuch, 1991[2]
Fulguropsis keysensis Petuch, 2013
Fulguropsis plagosa (Conrad, 1863)
Fulguropsis pyruloides (Say, 1822)
† Fulguropsis radula Petuch, 1994
Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816)
Fulguropsis texana (Hollister, 1958)
Species brought into synonymy
Fulguropsis rachelcarsonae Petuch, R.F. Myers & Berschauer, 2015: synonym of Fulguropsis pyruloides rachelcarsonae Petuch, R. F. Myers & Berschauer, 2015 (original rank)
Fulguropsis spiratum : synonym of Busycotypus spiratus (Lamarck, 1816), synonym of Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816)
References
Fulguropsis Marks, 1950. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2015.
Fulguropsis feldmanni Petuch, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fulguropsis.
Petuch, E.J.; Myers, R.F.; Berschauer, D.P. (2015). The living and fossil Busycon whelks: Iconic mollusks of eastern North America. San Diego Shell Club. pp. viii + 195 pp.
Marks, S. (1950). "New subgenera of Busycon Roeding". Nautilus. 64 (1): 34.
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