Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Typhis (Pilsbrytyphis)
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1959. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(B):147-239
Parent taxon: Siphonochelus according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Gertman 1969, Vokes 1983 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Siphonochelus (Laevityphis), Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus), Siphonochelus (Trubatsa), Siphonochelus evaricosus, Siphonochelus fistulatus
Subtaxa: Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) darienensis Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) gabbi Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) siphonifera Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) woodringi
Type: Typhis gabbi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Panama (6)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (2: North Carolina)
Total: 11 collections including 14 occurrences