| Mirabilistrombus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Mirabilistrombus listeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Mirabilistrombus Kronenberg, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus listeri T. Gray, 1852 | |
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Species within the genus Mirabilistrombus include:
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