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

Typhinellus
Typhinellus bicolor
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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

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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

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  • 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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