Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Typhis (Typhina) dentatus, Typhis dentatus
Full reference: C. W. Johnson. 1899. New and Interesting Species in the "Isaac Lea Collection of Eocene Mollusca". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51(1):71-82
Belongs to Typhis (Rugotyphis) according to R. L. Gertman 1969
See also Harris and Palmer 1947 and Johnson 1899
Sister taxa: Typhis (Rugotyphis) cleryi, Typhis (Rugotyphis) floridanus, Typhis (Rugotyphis) francescae, Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi, Typhis (Rugotyphis) keenae, Typhis (Rugotyphis) stewarti
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Mississippi collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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