Busycon
| Busycon | |
|---|---|
| A fossil shell of Busycon contrarium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Busyconidae |
| Subfamily: | Busyconinae |
| Genus: | Busycon Röding, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Busycon muricatum Röding, 1798 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fulgur Montfort, 1810 | |
Busycon is a genus of very large edible sea snails in the subfamily Busyconinae. These snails are commonly known in the United States as whelks or Busycon whelks. Less commonly they are loosely, and somewhat misleadingly, called "conchs".
Busycon comes from the Greek bousykon meaning large fig, from bous meaning cow and sykon meaning fig.
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