Magilus


Magilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
This genus was brought by Michel 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.

Species

Species within the genus Magilus include:Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810Magilus lankae Deraniyagala, 1968Magilus latens Bozzetti, 2011Magilus sowerbyi Massin, 1982
;Species brought into synonymy :Magilus antiquatus Linnaeus: synonym of Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810Magilus costatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872: synonym of Magilus sowerbyi Massin, 1982 Magilus cumingii : synonym of Coralliophila cumingii Magilus djedah Chenu, 1843: synonym of Leptoconchus djedah Magilus ellipticus G. B. Sowerby I, 1823: synonym of Leptoconchus ellipticus Magilus fimbriatus A. Adams, 1852: synonym of Coralliophila fimbriata Magilus globulosus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1872 : synonym of Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810Magilus japonicus Deraniyagala, 1968: synonym of Magilus antiquus japonicus Deraniyagala, 1968 Magilus lamarckii : synonym of Leptoconchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863Magilus macrocephalus G. B. Sowerby III, 1919: synonym of Magilus microcephalus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872: synonym of Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 Magilus microcephalus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1872: synonym of Magilus antiquusMagilus peronii Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1818: synonym of Magilus antiquusMagilus serratus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1872: synonym of Magilus antiquusMagilus solidiusculus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872: synonym of Leptoconchus solidiusculus Magilus striatus : synonym of Leptoconchus striatus Rüppell, 1835