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Sinistrofulgur contrarium

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Sinistrofulgur contrarium
Temporal range: Miocene-Pleistocene
A shell of S. contrarium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Busyconidae
Genus: Sinistrofulgur
Species:
S. contrarium
Binomial name
Sinistrofulgur contrarium
(Conrad, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Busycon contrarium (Conrad, 1840)
  • Fulgur contrarius Conrad, 1840

Sinistrofulgur contrarium is a fossil snail species of the busycon whelks in the family Busyconidae. There has been some confusion about the correct taxonomy of this species, which has been confused with the extant species Sinistrofulgur sinistrum Hollister, 1958, and Sinistrofulgur perversum (Linnaeus, 1758)[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sinistrofulgur contrarium". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ J. Wise, M. G. Harasewych, R. T. Dillon Jr. (2004). Population divergence in the sinistral whelks of North America, with special reference to the east Florida ecotone Archived 2012-08-24 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 673 kB). Marine Biology 145, pp. 1167–1179.

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