Magilus

Magilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Magilus
Magilus antiquus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Coralliophilinae
Genus:	Magilus Montfort, 1810
Type species
Magilus antiquus Montfort, P.D. de, 1810

This genus was brought by Michel (1988) into the separate family Magilidae together with Latiaxis

Species

Species within the genus Magilus include:

• Magilus antiquus Montfort[2]
• Magilus latens Bozzetti, 2011

Species brought into synonymy

• Magilus antiquatus Linnaeus:[3] synonym of Magilus antiquus
• Magilus fimbriatus A. Adams:[4] synonym of Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1852)
• Magilus globulosus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1872 : synonym of Magilus antiquus
• Magilus lamarckii (Deshayes, 1863) : synonym of Leptoconchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863
• Magilus microcephalus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1872 : synonym of Magilus antiquus
• Magilus peronii Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1818 : synonym of Magilus antiquus
• Magilus serratus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1872 : synonym of Magilus antiquus
• Magilus striatus:[5] synonym of Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835

References

1. Magilus Montfort, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 March 2011.
2. Magilus antiquus Montfort. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. Magilus antiquatus Linnaeus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Magilus fimbriatus A. Adams. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Magilus striatus . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp