R. Houart, S. Gori & P. Ryall 
New record of Typhinellus labiatus 
has material from the late Francisco Fernandes herein 
illustrated (fig. 11-14). 
Houart (1997: 84-85, figs. 234, 235 ) illustrâtes a 
specimen of Typhina expansa (Sowerby, 1873) as 
Typhis (Talityphis) expansus from the geographically 
close area of lie Banié, Gabon. However this species 
lives in a different substrata of very fine and thick 
sédiment washed down the nearby rivers. The animal 
lives submerged in détr itus and only the tip of the canal 
exits the surface (PR personal observation). In the 
islands, however, T. labiatus live on silty or muddy 
sand (SG). Typhina and T. expansa can be distinguished 
from Typhinellus by having a varical Range broadly 
expanded adapically, extending to midway of the 
siphonal canal; by having a broader last teleoconch 
whorl relative to the shell height, and by having the 
anal tube near the preceeding varix, but not adpressed 
as in Typhinellus. 
The examination of the syntypes of T. belcheri proved 
Typhina to be congeneric with Talityphis (Houart, 
2002 ). 
Acknowledgements 
We are grateful to Emilio Rolân (Museo de Historia 
Natural, Santiago de Compostela, Spain) and Jean- 
Louis Delemarre (St. Nazaire, France) for checking the 
list of species collected in Sao Tomé and Principe and 
for their comments, 
Sandro Gori also thanks Jean-Louis Testori, owner 
of Club Maxel diving Center of Sao Tome and ail his 
team, composed by Edmilson Augusto, Lucas Tabares, 
Helder Brito, Apolo Pires, Esmael Cristovao, Eslander 
Campos and Armando Pires, that with patience and skill 
help him during the researches 
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Bellardi, L. 1873.1 Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del 
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Tritonidae). Memorie délia Reale Accademia delle 
Scienze di Torino, ser. 2, vol. 27: 33-324. 
Figures 6-29 - Typhinellus labiatus (Cristofori & Jan, 1832) 
6-8. Sào Tomé, Lagoa Azul, 31.2 mm, (SG); 9-10. Bahia das Agulhas, Principe, 15 m, 24.1 mm, (SG); 
11-14. OU Sao Tomé, 6 m, in line sand/silt, 21.9 mm, (PR); 15-17. Kerkennah, Tunisia, 20.1 mm, (RH); 
18-20. Kerkennah, Tunisia, 15.2 mm, (RH); 21-22. Mallorca, 16.6 mm, (RH); 23-24. Castell'Arquato, Piacenza, 
Italie, Pliocène, 16.8 mm, (RH); 25-26. Portobelo, East Panama, 60 m, 28.7 mm, (RH); 27-29. Portobelo, East 
Panama, 60 m, 26.5 mm, (RH). 
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