Mipus tonganus

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Mipus tonganus
Mipus tonganus (MNHN-IM-2000-20244).jpeg
Shell of Mipus tonganus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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M. tonganus
Binomial name
Mipus tonganus
Oliverio, 2008 [1]

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

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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.

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