The Busycon, Marginella, and Olivella shell species were imported from the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic coast, and were found at this site but rarely in burials which suggest they were probably considered valuable.
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Further east and south into Florida were non-Mississippian culture peoples who were involved in long distance trade of local high status items such as busycon shells for gorgets and yaupon holly for the black drink.
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The "'Busyconinae "'comprise a taxonomic subfamily of very large edible sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, often known as the " Busycon " whelks, in the family Buccinidae.
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Other right-turning sea snail shells of a similar shape, such as the lightning whelk ( " Busycon perversum " ), are often mistakenly sold and worshiped in place of the genuine Shank.
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Certain carnivorous gastropod snails such as whelks ( Buccinidae ) and murex snails ( Muricidae ) feed on bivalves by boring into their shells, although many Busyconine whelks ( e . g ., Busycon sinistrum, Busycon carica ) are " chipping-style " predators.
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Certain carnivorous gastropod snails such as whelks ( Buccinidae ) and murex snails ( Muricidae ) feed on bivalves by boring into their shells, although many Busyconine whelks ( e . g ., Busycon sinistrum, Busycon carica ) are " chipping-style " predators.
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This superfamily includes the murex snails, the chank snails, the true whelks, the dove snails, the crown conchs and busycon whelks, the spindle and tulip snails, the volutes and olives, the harp snails, the margin snails, the miters, and others.
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Shells of the normally left-handed western Atlantic Ocean species " Busycon contrarium " are sometimes sold in imitation of the rare left-handed shells of the " Turbinella " species . [ http : / / www . astrojyoti . com / shankha . htm
