Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Laevityphis (Laevityphis) sawkinsi, Typhis sawkinsi
Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125
Belongs to Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) according to M. C. Perrilliat 1992
See also Gertman 1969 and Mansfield 1925
Sister taxa: Laevityphis (Laevityphis), Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) bullisi, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) costaricensis, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) gracilis, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) muticus, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) schencki, Typhis (Laevityphis) thagus, Typhis (Neotyphis) tapunagai
Type specimen: USNM 352673, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 9219 - Brasso Clay, which is in a Miocene marine claystone in the Brasso Clay Formation of Trinidad and Tobago.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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