Mipus

Mipus
Two shells of Mipus crebrilamellosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Mipus
de Gregorio, 1885[1]
Type species
Mipus gyratus Hinds, R.B., 1844

Mipus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Mipus include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ Gregorio (1885). Bull. Soc. malac. Ital. 11: 28.
  2. ^ a b Mipus de Gregorio, 1885.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205148 on 10 July 2011.
  3. ^ Mipus alis Oliverio, 2008.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458031 on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Mipus boucheti Oliverio, 2008.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458032 on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Mipus coriolisi Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388861 on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Mipus gyratus .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217130 on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Seashells of New South Wales : Mipus nodosus
  8. ^ Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458033 on 25 April 2010.