Brasityphis barrosi

Brasityphis barrosi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Brasityphis barrosi
Shell of Brasithyphis barrosi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Typhinae
Genus:
Brasityphis
Species:
B. barrosi
Binomial name
Brasityphis barrosi
Absalão & Santos, 2003[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northeastern Brazil.

References
  1. Silva & Dos Santos. 2003. Zootaxa 279: 1–6. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Brasityphis barrosi Absalão & Santos, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Absalao, R.S. & Dos Santos, F., 2003. A new genus and species of Typhinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae) from off northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 279: 1-6


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