''Mipus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the subfamily
Coralliophilinae of the
family
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Mipus'' include:
* ''
Mipus alis'' Oliverio, 2008
* ''
Mipus arbutum''
(Woolacott, 1954)
* ''
Mipus basicostatus''
Kosuge, 1988
* ''
Mipus boucheti''
Oliverio, 2008
* ''
Mipus brinkae''
Kosuge, 1992
* ''
Mipus coriolisi''
Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004
*''
Mipus crebrilamellosus''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1913)
* ''
Mipus eugeniae''
(Bernardi, 1853)
* ''
Mipus fusiformis
''Mipus fusiformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as mure ...
''
(Martens, 1902)
* ''
Mipus gyratus''
(Hinds, R.B., 1844)
* ''
Mipus intermedius''
Kosuge, 1985
* ''
Mipus isosceles''
(Barnard, 1959)
* ''
Mipus mamimarumai''
(Kosuge, 1981)
* ''
Mipus matsumotoi''
Kosuge, 1985
* ''
Mipus miyukiae''
Kosuge, 1985
* ''
Mipus nodosus
''Mipus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae of the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, c ...
''
(A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Mipus rosaceus''
(E.A. Smith, 1903)
* ''
Mipus sugitanii''
Kosuge, 1985
* ''
Mipus tomlini''
(van Regteren Altena, 1950)
* ''
Mipus tonganus''
Oliverio, 2008
* ''
Mipus tortuosus''
(Azuma, 1961)
* ''
Mipus vicdani''
(Kosuge, 1980)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Mipus hotei''
Kosuge, 1985: synonym of ''
Coralliophila hotei''
(Kosuge, 1985)
* ''Mipus ovoideus''
Kosuge, 1985: synonym of ''
Coralliophila ovoidea''
(Kosuge, 1985)
References
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
Coralliophilinae
Gastropod genera
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