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Laevityphis
Sign in to saveLaevityphis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, USNM, UCMP, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Puerto Rico
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Laevityphis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== The genus Laevityphis contains four species: Species within the genus Laevityphis include: Laevityphis bullisi Gertman, 1969 † Laevityphis costaricensis (Olsson, 1922) † Laevityphis gracilis (Conrad, 1833) † † Laevityphis jungi Landau & Houart, 2014 † Laevityphis libos Houart, 2017 † Laevityphis linguiferus (Dall, 1890) † † Laevityphis ludbrookae Keen & G. B. Campbell, 1964 † † Laevityphis muticus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1835) † † Laevityphis schencki Keen & G. B. Campbell, 1964 † †Laevityphis tepungai (C. A. Fleming, 1943) Laevityphis tillierae' (Houart, 1985) Laevityphis tubuliger (Thiele, 1925) Species brought into synonymy: Laevityphis transcurrens Martens, 1902: synonym of Siphonochelus transcurrens (Martens, 1902)
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