Mipus tonganus
Shell of Mipus tonganus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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M. tonganus
Binomial name
Mipus tonganus
Oliverio, 2008[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.

Distribution

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

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