Mipus vicdani

Mipus vicdani[2] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Mipus vicdani
Shell of Mipus vicdani (Kosuge, 1980), measuring 45.4 mm in length, trawled at 80 to 100 fathoms off Cebu Island, in the Philippines.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Coralliophilinae
Genus:
Mipus de Gregorio, 1885
Species:
M. vicdani
Binomial name
Mipus vicdani
(Kosuge, 1980)[1]
Synonyms

Latiaxis vicdani Kosuge, 1980 (basionym)

References
  1. Oliverio (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 481–585. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Mipus vicdani (Kosuge, 1980). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2010.
  • Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481–585, at p. 565.
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.


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