Mipus

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:

  • Mipus alis Oliverio, 2008[3]
  • Mipus boucheti Oliverio, 2008[4]
  • Mipus brinkae Kosuge, 1992
  • Mipus coriolisi Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004[5]
  • Mipus crebrilamellosus (Sowerby, G.B. III, 1913)[2]
  • Mipus eugeniae (Bernardi, 1853)
  • Mipus fusiformis (Martens, 1902)
  • Mipus gyratus (Hinds, R.B., 1844)[6]
  • Mipus intermedius Kosuge, 1985
  • Mipus isosceles (Barnard, 1959)
  • Mipus mamimarumai (Kosuge, 1981)
  • Mipus matsumotoi Kosuge, 1985
  • Mipus miyukiae Kosuge, 1985
  • Mipus nodosus (A. Adams, 1854) [7]
  • Mipus rosaceus (E.A. Smith, 1903)
  • Mipus sugitanii Kosuge, 1985
  • Mipus tomlini (van Regteren Altena, 1950)
  • Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008[8]
  • Mipus tortuosus (Azuma, 1961)
  • Mipus vicdani (Kosuge, 1980)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Mipus ovoideus Kosuge, 1985 : synonym of Coralliophila ovoidea (Kosuge, 1985)

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.
  • 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

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