Brasityphis, Absalão, Ricardo Silva & Santos, Franklin Noel Dos, 2003

Absalão, Ricardo Silva & Santos, Franklin Noel Dos, 2003, A new genus and species of Typhinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae) from off northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 279, pp. 1-6 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.156259
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:36805D18-F86F-4077-83B5-709263A767F9
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treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-04-02 19:23:19, last updated 2022-01-31 01:05:55)
scientific name	Brasityphis
status	n. gen.

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Genus Brasityphis n. gen.

Description: Shell small, reaching 5 mm for subfamily, biconical. Paucispiral protoconch, mediumsized, rounded. Last whorl with four rounded varices each with a rounded axial rib between closer to succeeding than to preceding varix. Strong spiral sculpture crosses axial elements. Aperture oval. Inner side of outer lip with five rounded denticles. Anterior part of parietal wall with a small callus. Anterior canal short and close in adults. Anal tubes close, short and smooth.

Etymology: From Brazil, referring to the country where the typespecies occurs, and Typhis , the type genus of Typhinae .