Sinistrofulgur perversum

Sinistrofulgur perversum
	Sinistrofulgur perversum found in France, with the operculum in place
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Busyconidae
Genus:	Sinistrofulgur
Species:	S. perversum
Binomial name
	Sinistrofulgur perversum; (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Synonyms
	Busycon (Sinistrofulgur) perversum (Linnaeus, 1758); Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758); Fulgur gibbosum Conrad, 1853; Murex perversus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination); Pyrula kieneri Philippi, 1848;

Sinistrofulgur perversum, the lightning whelk, is a species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks. This species has a left-handed or sinistral shell. It eats mostly bivalves.

There has been some disagreement about the correct scientific name for this species, which has been confused with Sinistrofulgur sinistrum Hollister, 1958, and Busycon contrarium (Conrad, 1840), which is an exclusively fossil species.

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