Magilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
Genus: |
Magilus Montfort, 1810 |
Type species | |
Magilus antiquus Montfort, P.D. de, 1810 |
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 (1988) into the separate family Magilidae together with Latiaxis
Species within the genus Magilus include: