Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Typhis (Talityphis) alatus, Typhis alatus
Belongs to Typhina according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Gertman 1969, Maury 1917, Olsson 1922, Vokes 1983 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Typhina belcheri, Typhina disjunctus, Typhina expansa, Typhina laciniatus, Typhina obesa, Typhis (Typhina) mississippiensis, Typhis (Typhina) palmerae, Typhis (Talityphis) eucteanus, Typhis (Talityphis) lampada, Typhis (Talityphis) carmenae, Typhis (Talityphis) olssoni, Typhis (Talityphis) pterinus, Typhis (Talityphis) puertoricensis, Typhis (Talityphis) precursor, Typhis (Talityphis) siphon
Type specimen: BMNH GG 20084, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2 collections), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (3), Panama (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (3: Florida)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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