Mipus tonganus

Mipus tonganus
Shell of Mipus tonganus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Mipus
Species:
M. tonganus
Binomial name
Mipus tonganus
Oliverio, 2008

Mipus tonganus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

The species was originally described by M. Oliverio.

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tonga at depths between 281 m and 320 m.

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 tonganus Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008". World Register of Marine Species. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.