Busycotypus

Busycotypus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Busycotypinae.

In the United States, these are commonly known as whelks.

Species

 * † Busycotypus calvertensis Petuch, 1988
 * Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (the channeled whelk)
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Busycotypus plagosus (Conrad, 1863) : synonym of Fulguropsis plagosa (Conrad, 1863)
 * Busycotypus spiratus (Conrad, 1863) : synonym of Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816)