Typhis (Typhis) Montfort 1810 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonym: Typhis (Monstrotyphis) Habe 1961

Parent taxon: Typhis according to R. L. Gertman 1969

See also Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Typhis (Ciphonochelus), Typhis (Haustellotyphis), Typhis (Rugotyphis), Typhis (Typhisopsis), Typhis acanthopterus, Typhis acuticosta, Typhis antiquus, Typhis maccoyi, Typhis tripterus

Subtaxa: Typhis (Typhis) pungens Typhis (Typhis) rutoti Typhis (Typhis) tubifer

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Type: Purpura tubifer

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (18 collections), the Netherlands (2)

• Oligocene of Hungary (1)

• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (8)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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