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Mipus

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

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Within Vinony's link graph, Mipus is referenced by 22 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Neogastropoda and Animalia.

Vinony files it under Coralliophilinae, Gastropod genera and Mipus.

Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
136
With media
102
Family
Muricidae
Collections
SBMNH, MNHN
Recorded in
Taiwan, Western Australia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Salomon Sea

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Coralliophilinae
Image
Mipus crebrilamellosus 001.jpg
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taxon name
Mipus
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Commons category
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Encyclopedic overview

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Mipus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae of the family Muricidae, 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 (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 (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)

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