Sinistrofulgur | |
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5 views of a shell of Sinistrofulgur perversum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Busyconidae |
Subfamily: | Busyconinae |
Genus: | Sinistrofulgur Hollister, 1958 |
Type species | |
Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958 | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
Busycon (Sinistrofulgur)Hollister, 1958 |
Sinistrofulgur is a genus of large sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Busyconinae. [1]
The taxonomy of sinistral busyconids has been subject to several disputes, including at what rank to recognize them as distinct from their sister taxon, Busycon carica , and how many species are represented.
Sinistral busyconids were historically included in the genus Busycon. In 1958, Hollister proposed the subgenus Sinistrofulgur for the group. [2] Petuch elevated Sinistrofulgur to genus rank in 1994, although some other authors have continued including these snails in the genus Busycon. [3] [4]
Sinistral busyconids were historically included in the species Busycon contrarium, but this name (now Sinistrofulgur contrarium ) is now restricted to a small fossil species. [3] Hollister recognized four species: B. sinistrum, found between Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and the Florida Keys, as well as off the Yucatan Peninsula east of the Bay of Campeche; B. perversum, endemic to the Bay of Campeche; B. pulleyi, native to the western Gulf of Mexico from the northern coast of Mexico to Breton Sound in Louisiana; and B. aspinosum, at the time only known from Longboat Key on the gulf coast of Florida. [2] Based on genetic data, Wise et al. (2004) recognized only one extant species of sinistral busyconid, B. perversum, with three subspecies: B. perversum perversum found off the Yucatan Peninsula, B. perversum sinistrum found in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and B. perversum laeostomum found on the Atlantic coast of Florida. [3] In 2015, Petuch et al. recognized four extant species based on conchological differences: B. perversum, B. pulleyi, B. sinistrum, and B. laeostomum. [5]
Sinistrofulgur species attain large sizes. The largest specimen reported of S. sinistrum was 375 millimetres (14.8 in) long. [2]
Artifacts made of sinistral busyconid shells are abundant in the archaeological record, and include beads, cups, gorgets, pendants, and earplugs, among other things. [4]
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