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Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Typhis curvirostratus was named by Conrad (1848). Its type specimen is ANSP 13484, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Laevityphis (Laevityphis) curvirostratus by Keen (1944); it was recombined as Typhis (Laevityphis) curvirostratus by Woodring (1959); it was recombined as Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus by Gertman (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. linguifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Typhis curvirostratus Conrad p. 285
1944Laevityphis (Laevityphis) curvirostratus Keen pp. 59, 64
1959Typhis (Laevityphis) curvirostratus Woodring p. 222
1969Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus Gertman p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSiphonochelusJousseaume 1880
subgenusLaevityphis(Cossmann 1903)
speciescurvirostratus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available