Typhinae Explained

Typhinae is a subfamily in the family Muricidae.^[1]

Genera

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the subfamily Trophoninae contains 15 genera:^[2]

• Brasityphis Absalão & Santos, 2003
• Choreotyphis Iredale, 1936
• Distichotyphis Keen & Campbell, 1964
• Haustellotyphis Jousseaume, 1880
• Hirtotyphis Jousseaume, 1880
• Laevityphis Cossmann, 1903
• Lyrotyphis Jousseaume, 1880
• Monstrotyphis Habe, 1961
• Pilsbrytyphis Woodring, 1959
• Rugotyphis Vella, 1961
• Siphonochelus Jousseaume, 1880
• Trubatsa Dall, 1889
• Typhina Jousseaume, 1880
• Typhinellus Jousseaume, 1880
• Typhis Montfort, 1810

Synonyms:

• † Indotyphis Keen, 1944: synonym of † Laevityphis (Indotyphis) Keen, 1944 (uncertain status)
• Talityphis Jousseaume, 1882 : synonym of Typhina Jousseaume, 1880 (junior synonym)
• Typhisala Jousseaume, 1881: synonym of Typhina Jousseaume, 1880 (junior synonym)
• Typhisopsis Jousseaume, 1880: synonym of Typhina Jousseaume, 1880 (junior synonym)

References

• 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

• Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls.

Notes and References

1. 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
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391512 WoRMS : Typhinae; accessed : 10 August 2015