Busycon (Taphon) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank) Taphon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.

[1] The dextral shell is transversely striated.

The aperture is ovate with the fore part produced into a long, slightly-recurved siphonal canal.

[2] Media related to Taphon at Wikimedia Commons

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