Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spellings: Typhina (Typhina), Typhis (Typhina)
Synonyms: Talityphis Jousseaume 1882, Typhis (Talityphis) Jousseaume 1882
Parent taxon: Typhinae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Addicott 1970, Gardner 1947, Gertman 1969, Harris and Palmer 1947, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vokes 1983, Vokes 1989 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxon: Typhus
Subtaxa: Typhina alata Typhina belcheri Typhina disjunctus Typhina expansa Typhina laciniatus Typhina obesa Typhis (Talityphis) carmenae Typhis (Talityphis) eucteanus Typhis (Talityphis) lampada Typhis (Talityphis) olssoni Typhis (Talityphis) precursor Typhis (Talityphis) pterinus Typhis (Talityphis) puertoricensis Typhis (Talityphis) siphon Typhis (Typhina) mississippiensis Typhis (Typhina) palmerae
Type: Typhis belcheri
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (4 collections), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (3), Jamaica (4), Mexico (1), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (3), Haiti (1), Panama (10), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (32: California, Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Florida, Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (11: Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 83 collections including 91 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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