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Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

160192  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160192)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Busyconidae (Family)
  9. Busycotypinae (Subfamily)
  10. Busycotypus (Genus)
  11. Busycotypus canaliculatus (Species)
accepted
Species
Busycon canaliculatum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Fulgur canaliculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pyrula canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution Range: 42°N to 29.9°N; 81.3°W to 70.6°W. Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey,...  
Distribution Range: 42°N to 29.9°N; 81.3°W to 70.6°W. Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida; Florida: East Florida [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160192 on 2025-07-19
Date
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2005-05-31 07:34:34Z
created
Claus, Simon
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
checked
Rosenberg, Gary
2010-07-19 15:09:49Z
checked
Fraussen, Koen
2024-09-02 05:44:50Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] 

Other

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 92 [details] 

additional source Petuch, E. J.; Myers, R. F. & Berschauer D. P. (2015). <i>The living and fossil </i>Busycon<i> whelks: Iconic mollusks of eastern North America.</i> San Diego Shell Club. viii + 195 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details]

Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 42°N to 29.9°N; 81.3°W to 70.6°W. Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida; Florida: East Florida [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English channeled whelk  [details]
German Gekrönte FeigeGefurchte Wellhornschnecke  [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) 
To Conchology (Busycotypus canaliculatus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Busycotypus canaliculatus) 
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 8 proteins) 
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Busycon canaliculatum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1006253 Busycotypus canaliculatus Apertural View) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1006253 Busycotypus canaliculatus Dorsal View) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032420) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 061159) (from synonym Busycon canaliculatum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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