Magilus

Magilus
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

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

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

Species

Species within the genus Magilus include:

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


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