Mirus

Mirus
Shell of Mirus panos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Pupilloidei
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Enidae
Genus:	Mirus Albers, 1850
Type species
Bulimus cantoriiPhilippi, 1844
Synonyms
Buliminus (Mirus)Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank) Bulimus (Mirus)Albers, 1850 superseded rank Ena (Mirus)Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank)

Mirus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae. ^[1]

Characteristics

(Original description in Latin) The shell of species in this genus is fissured-perforated (or narrowly umbilicate), it is subcylindrical, thin, and pellucid. It has 8 whorls; the body whorl is slightly ascending anteriorly (in front) and it equals 1/3 of the length of the shell

The columella is arched; the aperture is oval; the peristome (lip) is expanded. It is callous (thickened) internally, with the margins being subparallel and joined by a rather thick, dentate callus. ^[2]

Species

• Mirus acuminatus (Möllendorff, 1901)
• Mirus alboreflexus (Ancey, 1882)
• Mirus andersonianus (Möllendorff, 1885)
• Mirus antisecalinus (Heude, 1890)
• Mirus armandi (Ancey, 1882)
• Mirus aubryanus (Heude, 1885)
• Mirus avenaceus (Heude, 1885)
• Mirus brachystoma (Heude, 1882)
• Mirus brizoides (Möllendorff, 1901)
• Mirus cantorii (Philippi, 1844)
• Mirus chalcedonicus (Gredler, 1887)
• Mirus daucopsis (Heude, 1888)
• Mirus davidi (Deshayes, 1870)
• Mirus derivatus (Deshayes, 1874)
• † Mirus euonymus (Sturany, 1899)
• Mirus fargesianus (Heude, 1885)
• Mirus franzhuberi Thach, 2020
• Mirus frinianus (Heude, 1885)
• † Mirus funiculoides (Hsü, 1936)
• Mirus funiculus (Heude, 1882)
• Mirus gracilispirus Kajiyama & Habe, 1961 (homonym)
• Mirus gracilispirus (Möllendorff, 1901)
• Mirus hanleyanus (Kobelt, 1902)
• Mirus hartmanni (Ancey, 1888)
• Mirus interstratus (Sturany, 1899)
• Mirus japonicus (Möllendorff, 1885)
• Mirus junensis O.-K. Kwon & J.-S. Lee, 1991
• Mirus krejcii (Haas, 1933)
• Mirus meronianus (Heude, 1890)
• Mirus minutus (Heude, 1882)
• Mirus moupiniensis (Deshayes, 1870)
• Mirus murotonis (Kuroda & Habe, 1945)
• Mirus nilagiricus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Mirus nothus (Pilsbry, 1934)
• Mirus obongensis J.-S. Lee & D.-K. Min, 2018
• Mirus panos (Benson, 1853)
• Mirus praelongus (Ancey, 1882)
• Mirus proletarius (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Mirus pyrinus (Möllendorff, 1901)
• Mirus reinianus (Kobelt, 1875)
• Mirus rugulosus (Möllendorff, 1900)
• Mirus saccatus (Möllendorff, 1902)
• Mirus siehoensis (Hilber, 1883)
• Mirus smithei (Benson, 1865)
• Mirus stalix (Benson, 1863)
• Mirus transiens (Ancey, 1888)
• Mirus ultriculus (Heude, 1882)
• Mirus utriculus (Heude, 1882)
• Mirus vicarius (W. T. Blanford, 1870)

Species brought into synonymy

• Mirus albescens(Möllendorff, 1884): synonym of Apoecus albescens (Möllendorff, 1884) (unaccepted combination)
• Mirus cantori(Philippi, 1844): synonym of Mirus cantorii(Philippi, 1844) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
• Mirus ceratinus(Benson, 1849): synonym of Nepaliena ceratina (Benson, 1849)
• Mirus granulatus(Möllendorff, 1884): synonym of Apoecus granulatus (Möllendorff, 1884) (superseded combination)
• Mirus hartmanni(Ancey, 1888): synonym of Mirus hartmani(Ancey, 1888) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
• Mirus huberiThach, 2018 (taxon inquirendum, debated synonym)
• Mirus mupingianus(Deshayes, 1870): synonym of Mirus moupiniensis(Deshayes, 1870) (misspelling of specific epithet)
• Mirus trivialis(Ancey, 1888): synonym of Apoecus trivialis (Ancey, 1888) (unaccepted combination)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mirus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996262 on 2021-08-01
2. Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017