Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Perotyphis
Synonym: Trigonotyphis Jousseaume 1882
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Gertman 1969 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Pterymarchia, Pterynotus, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) Pterotyphis (Pterotyphis) Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) Trigonotyphis fimbriatus
Type: Typhis pinnatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), New Zealand (2), United States (4: Florida)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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