Fulguropsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Busyconidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]
| Fulguropsis | |
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| † Fulguropsis radula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Busyconidae |
| Subfamily: | Busycotypinae |
| Genus: | Fulguropsis Marks, 1950 |
| Type species | |
| Bulla pyrum Dillwyn, 1817
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Species
editSpecies 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
edit- ^ 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
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- 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.