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Mipus tonganus

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Mipus tonganus
Shell of Mipus tonganus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Tonga at depths between 281 m and 320 m.

References

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