Mipus tonganus
| Mipus tonganus | |
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| Shell of Mipus tonganus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Mipus |
| Species: | M. tonganus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mipus tonganus | |
Mipus tonganus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
The species was originally described by M. Oliverio.[3]
Description
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The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Tonga at depths between 281 m and 320 m.
References
[edit]- ↑ Oliverio (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 481–585. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ↑ Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ↑ "Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008". World Register of Marine Species. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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