Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Sipho
Parent taxon: Trophon according to S. V. Wood 1879
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Trophon (Trophon), Trophon alta, Trophon alveolatum, Trophon anceps, Trophon calamitus, Trophon carringtoni, Trophon consociale, Trophon daviesi, Trophon dickersoni, Trophon disparoides, Trophon elegans, Trophon geversianum, Trophon gracilius, Trophon hypsellus, Trophon icosiphyllus, Trophon imperspicuum, Trophon isthmicus, Trophon kroteri, Trophon lawsoni, Trophon macharei, Trophon magister, Trophon mangelioides, Trophon monotropis, Trophon muricatus, Trophon muriciformis, Trophon pallidus, Trophon patagonicus, Trophon paululum, Trophon perelegans, Trophon progne, Trophon pseudoturtoni, Trophon santacrucensis, Trophon torquatus, Trophon truncatus
Subtaxa: Sipho (Parvisipho) Trophon (Sipho) tortuosus
Type: Varicosipho labrosus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (4 collections), Iceland (2), India (1), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Miocene of Denmark (1), India (3)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 16 collections including 24 occurrences