Sinistrofulgur sinistrum

Sinistrofulgur sinistrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Busyconidae
Genus:	Sinistrofulgur
Species:	S. sinistrum
Binomial name
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958)
Synonyms
Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) aspinosum Hollister, 1958 Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) sinistrum Hollister, 1958 (basionym) Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958 (original combination)

Sinistrofulgur sinistrum is an edible species of large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks.

The size of the shell varies between 200 mm and 450 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.

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