Magilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
Genus: | Magilus Montfort, 1810 |
Type species | |
Magilus antiquus Montfort, P.D. de, 1810 |
Magilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
This genus was brought by Michel (1988) into the separate family Magilidae together with Latiaxis
Species within the genus Magilus include: