Mipus crebrilamellosus

Mipus crebrilamellosus
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


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