Busyconinae
The Busyconidae are taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks. The name "whelk" also refers to Buccinidae. Busyconidae consists of Recent and fossil species.
4 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Busycon
genusBusycon
Lightning Whelks
genusSinistrofulgur
Busycoarctum
genusBusycoarctum
Lindafulgur
genusLindafulgur
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 637733.