North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

160192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160192)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Busycotypus Wenz, 1943

Original name

Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160192 on 2026-08-09

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160192 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 07:34:34Z

created

Claus, Simon

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

2024-09-02 05:44:50Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 92 [details]

additional source 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. [details] Available for editors