Mipus crebrilamellosus
| Mipus crebrilamellosus | |
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| 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
- ↑ Mipus crebrilamellosus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2011.
External links
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