Laevityphis

Laevityphis
Laevityphis libos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Typhinae
Genus:	Laevityphis Cossmann, 1903
Type species
† Typhis coronarius Deshayes, 1865
Synonyms
Laevityphis (Laevityphis) Cossmann, 1903 Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) Cossmann, 1903 Typhis (Laevityphis) Cossmann, 1903 (original rank)

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)

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

• Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls

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