Typhlosyrinx

Typhlosyrinx is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

This genus was created by Johannes Thiele in 1925 to accommodate Pleurotorna vepallida Martens, 1902. The genus remains little known because of the original scarcity of specimens in the museums. Deap-sea expeditions have since recovered more than 200 additional specimens from the South-East Asia and the South-West Pacific, mainly in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

Species

Species within the genus Typhlosyrinx include:

• Typhlosyrinx neocaledoniensis <small>Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001</small>
• Typhlosyrinx panamica <small>Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001</small>
• Typhlosyrinx praecipua <small>(E. A. Smith, 1899)</small>
• Typhlosyrinx supracostata <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small>
• Typhlosyrinx vepallida <small>(Martens, 1902)</small>

• Typhlosyrinx chrysopelex <small>Barnard, 1963</small>: synonym of Gymnobela chrysopelex <small>(Barnard, 1963)</small> (original combination)
• Typhlosyrinx pyrropelex <small>Barnard, 1963</small>: synonym of Austrobela pyrropelex <small>(Barnard, 1963)</small> (original combination)
• Typhlosyrinx subrosea <small>Barnard, 1963</small> accepted as Xanthodaphne subrosea <small>(Barnard, 1963)</small> (original combination)

References

External links

• Bouchet, P. & Sysoev, A., 2001. Typhlosyrinx-like tropical deep-water turriform gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea). Journal of Natural History 35: 1693-1715
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308