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Prototyphis
Sign in to savePrototyphis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- MNHN, SAMA, UF
- Recorded in
- Western Australia, Australia, Australie, Panama
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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: † Prototyphis allani (P. A. Maxwell, 1971) Prototyphis angasi (Crosse, 1863) † Prototyphis awamoanus (Finlay, 1930) Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873) Prototyphis gracilis Houart & Héros, 2008 † Prototyphis tahuensis (P. A. Maxwell, 1971) 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)
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