Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Laevityphis (Laevityphis) curvirostratus, Typhis (Laevityphis) curvirostratus, Typhis curvirostratus
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) according to R. L. Gertman 1969
See also Conrad 1848 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Laevityphis (Laevityphis), Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) bullisi, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) costaricensis, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) gracilis, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) muticus, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) schencki, Typhis (Laevityphis) thagus, Typhis (Neotyphis) tapunagai
Type specimen: ANSP 13484, a shell. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (17: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Panama (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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