Siphonochelus

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Siphonochelus
Shell of Siphonochelus aethomorpha (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Typhinae
Genus: Siphonochelus
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Typhis arcuatus Hinds, 1843
Synonyms[1]
  • Siphonochelus (Choreotyphis) Iredale, 1936 · alternate representation
  • Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) Jousseaume, 1880 · alternate representation
  • Typhis (Siphonochelus) Jousseaume, 1880 ·
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It was first described by Félix Pierre Jousseaume in 1880.

Species

Species within the genus Siphonochelus include:

Brought into synonymy

References

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