Taxonomic Hierarchy
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| Kingdom | Animalia
– Animal, animaux, animals |
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| Subkingdom | Bilateria
– triploblasts |
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| Infrakingdom | Protostomia
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| Superphylum | Spiralia
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| Phylum | Mollusca
– mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks |
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| Class | Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797
– gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma |
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| Subclass | Orthogastropoda
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| Infraclass | Caenogastropoda
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| Superorder | Peogastropoda
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| Order | Neogastropoda
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| Superfamily | Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815
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| Family | Melongenidae Gill, 1871
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| Genus | Busycon Röding, 1798 |
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| Species | Busycon candelabrum (Lamarck, 1816)
– splendid whelk | |
| Species | Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791)
– knobbed whelk | |
| Species | Busycon coarctatum (Sowerby, 1825)
– turnip whelk | |
| Species | Busycon contrarium (Conrad, 1840)
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| Species | Busycon laeostomum Kent, 1982
– snow whelk | |
| Species | Busycon lyonsi Petuch, 1987
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| Species | Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Species | Busycon pulleyi Hollister, 1958
– prickly whelk | |
| Species | Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958
– lightning whelk | |
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