Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Muricoidea
Familia: Muricidae
Subfamilia: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Magilus
Magilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
This genus was brought by Michel (1988) into the separate family Magilidae together with Latiaxis
Description
Animal: The mantle-margin is thickened, the siphon very short. The foot is large, fleshy and oval.
The operculum is ovate, the nucleus sublateral.
Shell: The shell, when young, is spiral and, thin. When adult,it is white, solid, tubular and spiral for three or four whorls. The body whorl is prolonged into an irregular, straight or flexuous tube, solid posteriorly, and with a siphonal keel on the left side.
This curious genus lives in coral, and the inordinate extension of the lips of the shell is to enable the animal to keep on a level with the surface of the coral as it continues to increase in size. As the shell grows, the tube behind is filled up with solid calcareous matter.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Magilus include:
Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810[3]
Magilus lankae Deraniyagala, 1968
Magilus latens Bozzetti, 2011
Magilus sowerbyi Massin, 1982
Species brought into synonymy
Magilus antiquatus Linnaeus:[4] synonym of Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810
Magilus costatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872: synonym of Magilus sowerbyi Massin, 1982 (invalid: junior homonym of Magilus costatus Chenu, 1843; M. sowerbyi is a replacement name)
Magilus cumingii (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864): synonym of Coralliophila cumingii (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864)
Magilus djedah Chenu, 1843: synonym of Leptoconchus djedah (Chenu, 1843) (original combination)
Magilus ellipticus G. B. Sowerby I, 1823: synonym of Leptoconchus ellipticus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823) (original combination)
Magilus fimbriatus A. Adams, 1852:[5] synonym of Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1852)
Magilus globulosus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1872 : synonym of Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810
Magilus japonicus Deraniyagala, 1968: synonym of Magilus antiquus japonicus Deraniyagala, 1968 (original rank)
Magilus lamarckii (Deshayes, 1863) : synonym of Leptoconchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863
Magilus macrocephalus G. B. Sowerby III, 1919: synonym of Magilus microcephalus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872: synonym of Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 (described in synonymy)
Magilus microcephalus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1872: synonym of Magilus antiquus
Magilus peronii Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1818: synonym of Magilus antiquus
Magilus serratus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1872: synonym of Magilus antiquus
Magilus solidiusculus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872: synonym of Leptoconchus solidiusculus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) (original combination)
Magilus striatus (Rüppell, 1835):[6] synonym of Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835
Magilus tenuis Chenu, 1843: synonym of Leptoconchus tenuis (Chenu, 1843) (original combination)
References
Magilus Montfort, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 March 2011.
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
Magilus antiquus Montfort. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Magilus antiquatus Linnaeus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Magilus fimbriatus A. Adams. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Magilus striatus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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