Fulguropsis Explained

Fulguropsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Busyconidae, 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)

Further reading

• Book: Petuch . E.J. . Myers . R.F. . Berschauer . D.P. . 2015 . The living and fossil Busycon whelks: Iconic mollusks of eastern North America . San Diego Shell Club . viii + 195 pp.
• New subgenera of Busycon Roeding . Marks . S. . 1950 . Nautilus . 64 . 1 . 34.