MCZ Malacology 194175

Busycon pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Holotype of Busycotypus (Busycotypus) plagosus texannus

Date Collected:

1951-09-08

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Alabama | off Petit Bois Island, Gulf of Mexico

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:194175 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Malacology 194175 Description: Image of dry shell, LAT view. Photographed for a researcher request.; Aspect: LAT

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Media type: image; Malacology 194175 Description: Image of dry shell, DOR view. Photographed for a researcher request.; Aspect: DOR

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Current Identification
Busycon pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Neogastropoda Buccinoidea Melongenidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Hollister 1958, page 98, Holotype of Busycotypus (Busycotypus) plagosus texannus Hollister
Media type: text; Hollister 1958 Description: Paleontographica Americana, vol. IV, no. 28;

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Shows Publication: Hollister 1958 Description: Paleontographica Americana, vol. IV, no. 28

  • malacology accession number: 1474

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Mobilizing Millions of Marine Mollusks of the Eastern Seaboard (ESB) By: Murat Recevik 2025-03-25

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  • Name: Busycon pyrum Dill = Busycon plagosus texanus Hollister ; Entered from ledger.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Alabama
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Petit Bois Island, Gulf of Mexico
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Alabama, off Petit Bois Island, Gulf of Mexico
  • Georeference:
  • 30.1916190°, -88.449078° (Error radius: 7003m) By: Emily Blank on 2023-04-28 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1951-09-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 8/Sep/1951
  • Collector:
  • Harry Inge Johnstonelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Malacology 194151; 194152; 194153; 194154; 194155; 194156; 194157; 194158; 194159; 194160; 194161; 194162; 194163; 194164; 194165; 194166; 194167; 194168; 194169; 194170; 194171; 194172; 194173; 194174; 194175 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 192001-198000, pg.87;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:194151 Melongena corona to MCZ:Mala:19...

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