Prototyphis

Prototyphis
Prototyphis angasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Tripterotyphinae
Genus: Prototyphis
Ponder, 1972
Type species
Typhis angasi Crosse, 1863

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

Species

Species within the genus Prototyphis include:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974):[5] synonym of Prototyphis eos paupereques (Powell, 1974)

References

  1. ↑ Prototyphis Ponder, 1972.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Prototyphis angasi (Crosse, 1863).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Prototyphis gracilis Houart & Héros, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.


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