Tripterotyphis
Shell of Tripterotyphis tenuis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Tripterotyphinae
Genus: Tripterotyphis
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Type species
Typhis lowei Pilsbry, 1931
Synonyms[1]
  • Nothotyphis Fleming, 1962
  • Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
  • Pterynotus (Nothotyphis) C. A. Fleming, 1962
  • Typhis (Tripterotyphis) Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (original rank)

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

Species

Species within the genus Tripterotyphis include:

References

  • Fleming, C.A. (1962). The genus Pterynotus Swainson (Gastropoda, family Muricidae) in New Zealand, and Norfolk Island. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Zoology) 2: 109–119.


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