Range: 25°N to 23°S; 83.3°W to 48°W Depth: 4 to 73 m (live 44 to 44 m) Maximum Reported Size: 39 mm
Synonymy
Typhis alatus auct. non Sowerby, 1850 Typhis obesus auct. non Gabb, 1873 Typhis expansus Sowerby II, 1874 Talityphis expansus (Sowerby II, 1874) Typhis melloleitaoi Lange de Morretes, 1940 Talityphis perchardei Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
Details
Typhis expansusSowerby II, 1874c, pl. 3, fig. 12a-b [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 25°N to 4°S; 83.3°W to 54°W Depth: 27 to 73 m Maximum Reported Size: 39 mm Distribution: Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon; Bahamas: New Providence; Puerto Rico; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Surinam References: Bayer (1971) d; Altena (1975) E; Radwin & D'Attilio (1976) N{W}; Sunderland (1989c) M; Petuch (1998a) W Comments: Described by Sowerby II (1874c, February) two months before Sowerby III (1874, April); descriptions are worded independently. See also T. expansus auct. = T. puertoricensis. Combining Genera: Talityphis
Typhis alatus auct. non Sowerby, 1850, [Not available] Range: 6.92°N to 6.77°N; 55.07°W to 54.4°W Depth: 44 to 55 m (live 44 m) References: Bullis (1964) DdlNSEW; E. H. Vokes (1989) s Comments: Misidentification by Olsson (1922) and Bullis (1964).
Typhis melloleitaoiLange de Morretes, 1940, p. 251-252, pl. 1, fig. 1-3 [Synonym] Type Locality: Mocóca, Estado de S. Paulo Range: 23°S to 23°S; 48°W Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm Distribution: Brazil: Sao Paulo References: Lange de Morretes (1940) NSEWM
Typhis obesus auct. non Gabb, 1873, [Not available] References: E. H. Vokes (1989) s Comments: Misidentification by Woodring (1928).
Talityphis perchardeiRadwin & D'Attilio, 1976, p. 236-238, text-figs. 190-192, pl. 30, fig. 15 [Synonym] Type Locality: Bocas, Trinidad, West Indies Range: 14.5°N to 6.35°N; 61.7°W to 55.23°W Depth: 4 to 60 m Maximum Reported Size: 34 mm Distribution: Martinique; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Surinam References: Radwin & D'Attilio (1976) DSEW; Sunderland (1989c) dNM; E. H. Vokes (1989) s; Houart (1994)
Partial List of References
Lange de Morretes, F. 1940. Novos moluscos marinhos do Brasil Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de Sao Paulo 2 251-256, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 22 Dec 1940.] Radwin, G. E. and A. D'Attilio. 1976. Murex Shells of the World xi + 284 pp., 32 pls. Stanford University Press: Stanford. Sowerby, G. B., II. 1874. Monograph of the genus Typhis Conchologia Iconica 19 pls. 1-3 [Stated date: -- Feb 1874.]
