Mipus Explained

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) ^[1]
• 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

Notes and References

1. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Coralliophilinae/Pages/mipus_nodosus.htm Seashells of New South Wales : Mipus nodosus