''Fulguropsis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Busyconidae
The Busyconidae are taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell. Many are eaten by humans, such as the common whelk of the North Atlanti ...
, the crown conches and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Fulguropsis'' include:
* ''
Fulguropsis feldmanni''
Petuch, 1991
* ''
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
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Busyconidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa described in 1950