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

Mipus
Two shells of Mipus crebrilamellosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Mipus
de Gregorio, 1885[1]
Type species
Trophon gyratus
Hinds, R.B., 1844
Species

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Species

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Species within the genus Mipus include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Gregorio (1885). Bull. Soc. malac. Ital. 11: 28.
  2. ^ a b 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 crebrilamellosus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2011.
  7. ^ Mipus gyratus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ Seashells of New South Wales : Mipus nodosus
  9. ^ Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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