Prototyphis Explained

Prototyphis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Prototyphis include:

• † Prototyphis allani (P. A. Maxwell, 1971)
• Prototyphis angasi (Crosse, 1863)
• † Prototyphis awamoanus (Finlay, 1930)
• Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873)
• Prototyphis gracilis Houart & Héros, 2008
• † Prototyphis tahuensis (P. A. Maxwell, 1971)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Prototyphis (Ponderia) zealandicus (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Ponderia zealandica (Hutton, 1873)
• Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974): synonym of Prototyphis eos paupereques (Powell, 1974)
• Prototyphis zealandicus (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Ponderia zealandica (Hutton, 1873)

References

• Ponder, W.F. (1972). Notes on some Australian genera and species of the family Muricidae (Neogastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2: 215–248.
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.