Mipus rosaceus

Mipus rosaceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Mipus rosaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Mipus
Species:
M. rosaceus
Binomial name
Mipus rosaceus
(E. A. Smith, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Coralliophila (Rhombothais) rosacea (E. A. Smith, 1903)
  • Coralliophila rosacea (E. A. Smith, 1903)
  • Latiaxis rosaceus E. A. Smith, 1903

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mipus rosaceus (E. A. Smith, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576753 on 2019-01-06
  2. 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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