Busycon epispiniger Gardner 1947 (whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709

Belongs to Busycon according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Gardner 1947

Sister taxa: Busycon (Busycoarctum), Busycon (Busycon), Busycon (Sinistrofulgur), Busycon aldrichi, Busycon alencasterae, Busycon alumense, Busycon atraktoides, Busycon carica, Busycon contrarium, Busycon dasum, Busycon filosum, Busycon foerstei, Busycon fusiformis, Busycon perversum, Busycon radix, Busycon sicyoides, Busycon sinistrum, Busycon spiniger, Busycon tritonis, Fulguropsis feldmanni, Pyruella blountense, Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum

Type specimen: USNM 112034, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2212 - Tenmile Creek [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 2212 - Tenmile Creek [Chipola Fm]

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