''Typhina'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Typhinae
Typhinae is a subfamily in the family Muricidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Typhinae Cossmann, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391512 on 2019-11-07
Gene ...
of the
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogas ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
It was first described by
Félix Pierre Jousseaume
Félix Pierre Jousseaume (12 April 1835, in Charente-Maritime – 3 November 1921) was a French zoologist and malacologist. He studied medicine in Paris where he then practised. His thesis was ''Des Végétaux parasites de l'Homme''. He participate ...
in 1880.
Species
Species within the genus ''Typhina'' include:
* † ''
Typhina alata''
(Sowerby, 1850 )
* ''
Typhina belcheri
''Typhina belcheri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 18 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off ...
''
(Broderip, 1833)
* ''
Typhina campbelli''
(Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976)
* † ''
Typhina canaliculata''
Landau & Houart, 2014
* ''
Typhina carolskoglundae''
(Houart & Hertz, 2006)
* ''
Typhina clarki''
(Keen & G. B. Campbell, 1964)
* ''
Typhina clarksoni
''Typhina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Typhinae of the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
It was first described by Félix Pierre Jousseaume in 1880.
S ...
''
Houart, Buge & Zuccon, 2021
* ''
Typhina claydoni''
(Houart, 1988)
* ''
Typhina coronata''
(Broderip, 1833)
* † ''
Typhina cryptica''
Merle & Pacaud, 2019
* ''
Typhina expansa
''Typhina expansa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as mure ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1874)<ref>
* ''
Typhina gabonensis''
(Garrigues, 2021)
* ''
Typhina grandis
''Typhina grandis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Typhina grandis (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(A. Adams, 1855)
* ''
Typhina lamyi''
(Garrigues & Merle, 2014)
* ''
Typhina latipennis''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Typhina neocaledonica''
(Houart, 1987)
* ''
Typhina nitens''
(Hinds, 1843)
* ''
Typhina pallida''
(Garrigues, 2021)
* ''
Typhina puertoricensis''
(Warmke, 1964)
* † ''
Typhina radulfiensis''
Merle & Pacaud, 2019
* † ''
Typhina rutoti''
(Cossmann, 1882)
* † ''
Typhina subburdigalensis''
Lozouet, 1999
;Synonyms:
* ''Typhina pavlova''
Iredale, 1936: synonym of ''
Choreotyphis pavlova
''Choreotyphis pavlova'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as mu ...
''
(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.
External links
Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338Jousseaume, F. (1882). Etude des Purpuridae et description d'espèces nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 7: 314-348
Muricidae
Gastropod genera
Gastropods described in 1880
Taxa named by Félix Pierre Jousseaume
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