Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combination: Laevityphis (Laevityphis) schencki
Belongs to Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) according to R. L. Gertman 1969
Sister taxa: Laevityphis (Laevityphis), Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) bullisi, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) costaricensis, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) gracilis, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) muticus, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi, Typhis (Laevityphis) thagus, Typhis (Neotyphis) tapunagai
Type specimen: SUPTC 9723, a shell. Its type locality is U.C. Loc. S-8012 [Los Perdices Shale], which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Los Perdices Shale Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at U.C. Loc. S-8012 [Los Perdices Shale]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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