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. 2.0 2.1 Mipus de Gregorio, 1885.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.
  3. Mipus alis Oliverio, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Mipus boucheti Oliverio, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Mipus coriolisi Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. Mipus gyratus .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. Seashells of New South Wales : Mipus nodosus
  8. Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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