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

Typhinellus
Typhinellus bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Typhinae
Genus: Typhinellus
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Typhis sowerbii Broderip, 1833
Synonyms

Typhis (Typhinellus) Jousseaume, 1880

It was first described by Félix Pierre Jousseaume in 1880.

Species edit

Species within the genus Typhinellus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Typhinellus lamyi Garrigues & Merle, 2014: synonym of Typhina lamyi (Garrigues & Merle, 2014) (original combination)
  • Typhinellus sowerbyi (Broderip, 1833):[7] synonym of Typhinellus labiatus (de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)

References edit

  • 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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