Busycon contrarium (Conrad, 1840)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Neogastropoda
- family
- Busyconidae
- genus
- Sinistrofulgur
- species
- Sinistrofulgur contrarium
Name
- Homonyms
- Busycon contrarium (Conrad, 1840)
- Common names
- Blitzschnecke in German
- Linksgewundene Wellhornschnecke in German
- left-handed whelk in English
- lightning whelk in English
Bibliographic References
- Abbott, Robert Tucker, and Percy A. Morris, 1995: A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies, Fourth Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series, Number 3. xxxiii + 350.
- Hollister S.C. 1958, A review of the genus <i>Busycon</i> and its allies - Part I: <i>Palaeontographica Americana</i> IV(28): 48-126, pls. 8-18.
- Kent, B. W. (1983). Diet expansion of <i>Busycon contrarium</i> in the absence of <i>Triplofusus giganteus</i> (Gastropoda: Buccinacea). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 97(3): 103-104.