Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: R. L. Gertman. 1969. Cenozoic Typhinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Western Atlantic region. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(4):143-192
Belongs to Typhis (Typhina) according to R. L. Gertman 1969
Sister taxa: Typhina alata, Typhina belcheri, Typhina disjunctus, Typhina expansa, Typhina laciniatus, Typhina obesa, Typhis (Typhina) palmerae, Typhis (Talityphis) eucteanus, Typhis (Talityphis) siphon, Typhis (Talityphis) lampada, Typhis (Talityphis) pterinus, Typhis (Talityphis) puertoricensis, Typhis (Talityphis) carmenae, Typhis (Talityphis) precursor, Typhis (Talityphis) olssoni
Type specimen: USNM 646213, a shell. Its type locality is TU 226 - Hiwannee [Red Bluff Clay], which is in an Oligocene marine claystone in the Red Bluff Clay Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at TU 226 - Hiwannee [Red Bluff Clay]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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