Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spellings: Laevityphis, Typhis (Laevityphis)
Synonym: Typhis (Neotyphis) Vella 1961
Parent taxon: Siphonochelus according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Darragh 2017, Dey 1961, Gertman 1969, Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis), Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus), Siphonochelus (Trubatsa), Siphonochelus evaricosus, Siphonochelus fistulatus
Subtaxa: Laevityphis (Laevityphis) Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) bullisi Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) costaricensis Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) gracilis Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) muticus Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) schencki Typhis (Laevityphis) thagus 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