Sinistrofulgur contrarium

Geological Range

Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Southern Florida to North Carolina.

Remarks

This species is very similar to the extant taxon Busycon perversum.

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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Stratigraphic Occurrences

Late Pleistocene

Anastasia Formation (S. FL)

Anastasia Formation? (S. FL)

Anastasia Formation (N. FL)

Coffee Mill Hammock Formation (S. FL)

Fort Thompson Formation? (S. FL)

Fort Thompson Formation? (N. FL)

Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL, N. FL)

Pamlico Formation (S. FL, N. FL)

Satilla Formation? (GA)

Middle Pleistocene

Bermont Formation (S. FL)

Bermont Formation? (S. FL)

Canepatch Formation (SC)

Early Pleistocene

Bear Bluff Formation (SC)

Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)

Caloosahatchee Formation (Bee Branch Member) (S. FL)

James City Formation (NC)

Nashua Formation (N. FL)

Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)

Late Pliocene

Duplin Formation (SC, NC)

Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)

Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)

Raysor Formation (SC, NC)

Tamiami Formation (S. FL)

Tamiami Formation (Buckingham Limestone) (S. FL)

Tamiami Formation (Lower) (S. FL)

Tamiami Formation (Ochopee Limestone) (S. FL)

Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)

Yorktown Formation (NC)