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Genus of gastropods

Prototyphis
Prototyphis angasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Prototyphis
Ponder, 1972
Type species
Typhis angasi Crosse, 1863
Synonyms

Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) Ponder, 1972

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:

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

  1. Prototyphis Ponder, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Prototyphis angasi (Crosse, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Prototyphis gracilis Houart & Héros, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Prototyphis


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