Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spellings: Laevityphis, Typhis (Laevityphis)
Synonym: Typhis (Neotyphis) Vella 1961
Parent taxon: Siphonochelus according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Gertman 1969
Sister taxa: Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis), Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus), Siphonochelus (Trubatsa), Siphonochelus evaricosus, Siphonochelus fistulatus
Subtaxa: Typhis (Neotyphis) tapunagai
Type: Typhis muticus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (2 collections), India (1), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (15), Haiti (1), India (1), Mexico (1), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (20: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1), United States (17: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi)
Total: 73 collections each including a single occurrence