| Busycotypus | |
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| Live Busycotypus canaliculatus for sale in a California seafood market | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Busyconidae |
| Genus: |
Busycotypus Wenz, 1943 |
| Type species | |
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Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Species | |
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Busycotypus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Busyconidae. In the United States, these are commonly known as whelks.