Fulguropsis
Encyclopedia
Fulguropsis is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Melongenidae
, the crown conches and their allies.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Melongenidae
Melongenidae
Melongenidae, the crown conchs, busycon whelks and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the clade Neogastropoda.- Taxonomy :Genera Busycon and Busycotypus were placed in Melongenidae...
, the crown conches and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Fulguropsis include:- Fulguropsis feldmanniFulguropsis feldmanniFulguropsis feldmanni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.-References:...
Petuch, 1991