Typhina alata Sowerby 1850 (murex snail)

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

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