Mirus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mirus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996262 on 2021-08-01
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.Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp
Species
Mirus acuminatus (Möllendorff, 1901) Mirus alboreflexus (Ancey, 1882) Mirus andersonianus (Möllendorff, 1885) Mirus antisecalinus (Heude, 1890) Mirus armandi (Ancey, 1882) Mirus aubryanus (Heude, 1885) Mirus avenaceus (Heude, 1885) Mirus brachystoma (Heude, 1882) Mirus brizoides (Möllendorff, 1901) Mirus cantorii (Philippi, 1844) Mirus chalcedonicus (Gredler, 1887) Mirus daucopsis (Heude, 1888) Mirus davidi (Deshayes, 1870) Mirus derivatus (Deshayes, 1874) † Mirus euonymus (Sturany, 1899) Mirus fargesianus (Heude, 1885) Mirus franzhuberi Thach, 2020 Mirus frinianus (Heude, 1885) † Mirus funiculoides (Hsü, 1936) Mirus funiculus (Heude, 1882) Mirus gracilispirus Kajiyama & Habe, 1961 (homonym) Mirus gracilispirus (Möllendorff, 1901) Mirus hanleyanus (Kobelt, 1902) Mirus hartmanni (Ancey, 1888) Mirus interstratus (Sturany, 1899) Mirus japonicus (Möllendorff, 1885) Mirus junensis O.-K. Kwon & J.-S. Lee, 1991 Mirus krejcii (Haas, 1933) Mirus meronianus (Heude, 1890) Mirus minutus (Heude, 1882) Mirus moupiniensis (Deshayes, 1870) Mirus murotonis (Kuroda & Habe, 1945) Mirus nilagiricus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Mirus nothus (Pilsbry, 1934) Mirus obongensis J.-S. Lee & D.-K. Min, 2018 Mirus panos (Benson, 1853) Mirus praelongus (Ancey, 1882) Mirus proletarius (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Mirus pyrinus (Möllendorff, 1901) Mirus reinianus (Kobelt, 1875) Mirus rugulosus (Möllendorff, 1900) Mirus saccatus (Möllendorff, 1902) Mirus siehoensis (Hilber, 1883) Mirus smithei (Benson, 1865) Mirus stalix (Benson, 1863) Mirus transiens (Ancey, 1888) Mirus ultriculus (Heude, 1882) Mirus utriculus (Heude, 1882) Mirus vicarius (W. T. Blanford, 1870)
Species brought into synonymy Mirus albescens (Möllendorff, 1884): synonym of Apoecus albescens (Möllendorff, 1884) (unaccepted combination) Mirus cantori (Philippi, 1844): synonym of Mirus cantorii (Philippi, 1844) (incorrect subsequent spelling) Mirus ceratinus (Benson, 1849): synonym of Nepaliena ceratina (Benson, 1849) Mirus granulatus (Möllendorff, 1884): synonym of Apoecus granulatus (Möllendorff, 1884) (superseded combination) Mirus hartmanni (Ancey, 1888): synonym of Mirus hartmani (Ancey, 1888) (incorrect subsequent spelling) Mirus huberi Thach, 2018 (taxon inquirendum, debated synonym) Mirus mupingianus (Deshayes, 1870): synonym of Mirus moupiniensis (Deshayes, 1870) (misspelling of specific epithet) Mirus trivialis (Ancey, 1888): synonym of Apoecus trivialis (Ancey, 1888) (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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