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Magilus
Sign in to saveMagilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
Observations3
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 61
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- UF, USNM, YPM, WAM, NRM
- Recorded in
- United States, French Polynesia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Australia, Kiribati, Oman, Mariana Islands
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Coralliophilinae
- Image
- Magilus antiquus 01.JPG
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Magilus
- topic's main category
- Category:Magilus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Magilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
This genus was brought by Michel (1988) into the separate family Magilidae together with Latiaxis
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Magilus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.