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Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Subregnum: Eumetazoa • Cladus: Bilateria • Superphylum: Protostomia • Phylum: Mollusca • Classis: Gastropoda • Cladus: Caenogastropoda • Cladus: Hypsogastropoda • Cladus: Neogastropoda • Superfamilia: Buccinoidea • Familia: Buccinidae • Genus: Busycon • Species: Busycon contrarium (Conrad, T.A., 1840)
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Busycon contrarium (Conrad, T.A., 1840)

Deutsch: Große Kronenschnecke; Länge 24 cm; Herkunft: Tertiär, Pliozän, La Belle, Florida, USA.
English: 'Lightning Whelk; Length 24 cm; Tertiary, Pliocene, La Belle, Florida, USA; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded.
Dorsal, lateral (left side), ventral, back, and front view.
Français : Coquille fossile de Busycon contrarium (Buccinidae, Pliocène, Tertiaire), récolté à La Belle en Floride (États-Unis). Longueur : 24 cm. De gauche à droite et de haut en bas : vues dorsale, latérale (gauche), ventrale, arrière et avant.
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current22:48, 24 January 2013Thumbnail for version as of 22:48, 24 January 20136,000 × 4,564 (10.45 MB)Slick-o-bot (talk | contribs)Bot: convert to a non-interlaced jpeg (see bug #17645)
06:43, 24 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 06:43, 24 April 20116,000 × 4,564 (9.16 MB)Llez (talk | contribs)Broader border
16:21, 18 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 16:21, 18 April 20116,000 × 4,564 (10.14 MB)Llez (talk | contribs){{Information |Description ={{en|1=''Busycon contrarium'', Buccinidae, Lightning Whelk; Length 24 cm; Tertiary, Pliocene, La Belle, Florida, USA; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded.<br>Dorsal, lateral (right side), ventral, back, and front

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