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Busyconinae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)89631https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=89631
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Melongenidae : Busyconinae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyBusyconinaeWade 1917
Common Namewhelk
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Busyconinaesubfamilybelongs to Melongenidaestated with evidenceWard, 1992
Busyconinaesubfamilybelongs to Busyconidaestated without evidencePetuch, 1997
Busyconinaesubfamilybelongs to Buccinidaestated with evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Busyconinaesubfamilybelongs to Melongenidaestated with evidenceHendy et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)49
Extant Size (PBDB)16 (33%)
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Melongenidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Melongenidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. Bouchet, J.-P. Rocroi, and J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdes, A. Warén. 2005. A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names. Malacologia 47(1-2):1-368

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Busyconini
tribe
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Busycon
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Whelk25572.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Busycotypus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
8113.8 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Spinifulgur
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
133.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Turrifulgur
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
111.6 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1917Busyconinae Wade
1992Busyconinae Ward p. 131
1997Busyconinae Petuch p. 129
2005Busyconinae Bouchet et al. p. 254
2008Busyconinae Hendy et al. p. 222

References

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368
Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
Petuch E. J. (1997) A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida., The Nautilus 110 4, 122-138
Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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