Mipus crebrilamellosus

Mipus crebrilamellosus
Two shells of Mipus crebrilamellosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
cladeHypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Coralliophilinae
Genus:
Mipus
Species:
M. crebrilamellosus
Binomial name
Mipus crebrilamellosus
(Sowerby, G.B. III, 1913)

Mipus crebrilamellosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and off Southeast Asia.

References

  1. ^ Mipus crebrilamellosus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2011.

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