Brasityphis barrosi

Brasityphis barrosi
Shell of Brasithyphis barrosi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Brasityphis
Species:	B. barrosi
Binomial name
Brasityphis barrosi Absalão & Santos, 2003[1]

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

Description

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