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Mirus

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

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.

Species

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 (superseded combination)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

References

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

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