Mipus tonganus | |
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Shell of Mipus tonganus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Mipus |
Species: | M. tonganus |
Binomial name | |
Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008 [1] | |
Mipus tonganus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [2]
The species was originally described by M. Oliverio. [3]
The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.
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This marine species occurs off Tonga at depths between 281 m and 320 m.
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