Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Neogastropoda |
| Family: Busyconidae |
| Genus: Sinistrofulgur |
| Species: Sinistrofulgur contrarium (Conrad, 1840) |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Anastasia Formation [Common] |
| Coffee Mill Hammock Formation [Common] |
| Fort Thompson Formation [Common] |
| Pamlico Formation [Uncommon] |
| Bermont Formation [Abundant] |
| Canepatch Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Bear Bluff Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Abundant] |
| Caloosahatchee Formation (Bee Branch Member) |
| James City Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Nashua Formation [Common] |
| Waccamaw Formation [Common] |
| Duplin Formation [Common] |
| Duplin / Raysor Formations [Uncommon] |
| Jackson Bluff Formation [Common] |
| Raysor Formation [Common] |
| Tamiami Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Buckingham Limestone) [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Lower) [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Ochopee Limestone) [Uncommon] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Abundant] |
| Yorktown Formation [Questionable/rare] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Conrad, 1840, p. 387):
“Shell sinistral, pyriform, with wrinkled spiral lines, obsolete on the middle of the large whorl, shoulder obtusely angulated, without spines or tubercles; summit of the whorls concave; whorls of the spire angulated in the middle, and slightly tuberculated on the angle; beak very long, sinuous; labium with distant prominent lines within. Length 4 inches.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks:
This species is very similar to the extant taxon Busycon perversum.
References: n/a
Online resources:
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on August 31, 2015. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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