Siphonochelus Jousseaume 1880 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonyms: Choreotyphis Iredale 1936, Eotyphis Tembrock 1963, Typhina (Choreotyphis) Iredale 1936

Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau et al. 2007

See also Gertman 1969, Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vokes 1983 and Wilson 1994

Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Crassimurex, Cymia, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Hexaplex, Homalocantha, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, Mexacanthina, Monoceros, Morula, Murexiella, Murexsul, Muricanthus, Muricidea, Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Muricopsis, Murotriton, Nucella, Nucellopsis, Ocenebra, Ocenebrinae, Ocinebrina, Ocinebrinae, Odontopolys, Orania, Pagodula, Phyllocoma, Ponderia, Pterochelus, Pteropurpura, Pterorhytis, Pterotyphis, Pterymarchia, Pterynotus, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys

Subtaxa: Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) Siphonochelus (Trubatsa) Siphonochelus evaricosus

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Colombia (2 collections), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (3), India (1), Panama (3), Spain (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)

• Miocene of Australia (3), Colombia (15), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), India (1), Mexico (1), Panama (9), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (20: Florida), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Mexico (1), United States (19: Mississippi, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), France (2), Nigeria (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi)

Total: 102 collections including 105 occurrences

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