''Typhinellus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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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 over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...
, 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 Zoology, zoologist and malacologist. He studied medicine in Paris where he then practised. His thesis was ''Des Végétaux parasites de l'Homme''. He par ...
in 1880.
Species
Species within the genus ''Typhinellus'' include:
* ''
Typhinellus amoenus''
Houart, 1994<
* ''
Typhinellus androyensis''
Bozzetti, 2007
* ''
Typhinellus bicolor''
Bozzetti, 2007
* † ''
Typhinellus chipolanus
''Typhinellus chipolanus'' is an extinct 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, commonl ...
''
(Gertman, 1969)
* ''
Typhinellus constrictus''
Houart & Héros, 2015
* ''
Typhinellus insolitus''
(Houart, 1991)
* ''
Typhinellus jacolombi''
Houart, 2015
* ''
Typhinellus labiatus''
(de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
* ''
Typhinellus laminatus''
Houart & Héros, 2015
* ''
Typhinellus mirbatensis''
Houart, Gori & Rosado, 2015
* ''
Typhinellus occlusus''
(Garrard, 1963)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Typhinellus lamyi''
Garrigues & Merle, 2014: synonym of ''
Typhina lamyi''
(Garrigues & Merle, 2014) (original combination)
* ''Typhinellus sowerbyi''
(Broderip, 1833):
synonym of ''Typhinellus labiatus''
(de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
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
Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). ''Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés''. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338
Muricidae
Gastropod genera
Gastropods described in 1880
Taxa named by Félix Pierre Jousseaume
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