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

Brasityphis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Typhinae
Genus: Brasityphis
Absalão & Santos, 2003
Type species
Brasityphis barrosi
Absalão & Santos, 2003

Species

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Species within the genus Brasityphis include:

References

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  • 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