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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| Shell of Mipus tonganus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| Species: | M. tonganus
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| Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Tonga at depths between 281 m and 320 m.
References edit
- ^ Oliverio (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 481–585. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Mipus tonganus Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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