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