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Taxonomy herein follows the latest authoritative
work (1998) Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates
from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd edition,
American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 (Turgeon, D.
D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg,
W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G.
Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione,
and J. D. Williams). Research conducted by Dr. Wise (Houston Museum of Natural Science), Dr. Dillon (College of Charleston), and Dr. Harasewych (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution) suggests that all living sinistral whelks of the west Atlantic are conspecific [of the same species], Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) being the oldest available nomen. (See abstract)
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| Genus Busycoarctum | Genus Busycotypus |
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| Genus Fulguropsis | Genus Lindafulgur |
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| Radular Teeth | Egg Capsules |
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| Genus Busycon Freaks | Opercula |
