Mipus vicdani[2] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Mipus vicdani
Shell of Mipus vicdani (Kosuge, 1980), measuring 45.4 mm in length, trawled at 80 to 100 fathoms off Cebu Island, in the Philippines.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Mipus
Species:
M. vicdani
Binomial name
Mipus vicdani
(Kosuge, 1980)[1]
Synonyms

Latiaxis vicdani Kosuge, 1980 (basionym)

References

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  • Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481–585, at p. 565.
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.