| Micropilina Temporal range: cenozoic–recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Monoplacophora |
| Genus: | Micropilina |
Micropilina is a genus of monoplacophoran; in addition to a number of living, deep-sea species, it also includes a shallow water fossil from the middle Pleistocene of Italy - and as such the only fossil representative of this lineage after the Devonian.[1]
Species in the genus Micropilina include:
fossil species:
recent species:
Interactive 3D model contained within PDF of Ruthensteiner, B.; Schropel, V.; Haszprunar, G. (2010). "Anatomy and affinities of Micropilina minuta Warén, 1989 (Monoplacophora: Micropilinidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76 (4): 323–332. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq013.