Typhina

Typhina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Typhinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Typhina
Typhina belcheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Typhinae
Genus: Typhina
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Typhis belcheri Broderip, 1833
Synonyms[1]
  • Talityphis Jousseaume, 1882 (junior synonym)
  • Typhis (Talityphis) Jousseaume, 1881
  • Typhis (Typhina) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Typhis (Typhisopsis) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Typhisala Jousseaume, 1882 (junior synonym)
  • Typhisopsis Jousseaume, 1880

It was first described by Félix Pierre Jousseaume in 1880.

Species

Species within the genus Typhina include:

Synonyms
  • Typhina pavlova Iredale, 1936: synonym of Choreotyphis pavlova (Iredale, 1936) (original combination)
  • Typhina ramosa (Habe & Kosuge, 1971): synonym of Typhis ramosus Habe & Kosuge, 1971
  • Typhina riosi Bertsch & D'Attilio, 1980: synonym of Siphonochelus riosi (Bertsch & D'Attilio, 1980) (original combination)

References

  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Houart, R, Buge, B. & Zuccon, D. (2021). A taxonomic update of the Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a review of New Caledonia species and the description of new species from New Caledonia, the South China Sea and Western Australia. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 103–147.


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