Micropilina
| Micropilina Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent | |
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| Micropilina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Unranked superclassis: | Monoplacophora |
| Class: | Tergomya |
| Order: | Tryblidiida |
| Family: | Micropilinidae |
| Genus: | Micropilina |
Micropilina is a genus of monoplacophoran mollusks, very small, mostly deepwater animals which have a superficially limpet-like shell. In addition to a number of living, deep-sea species, this genus also includes a shallow water fossil from the middle Pleistocene of Italy - and this is the only fossil representative of this lineage subsequent to the Devonian period.[1]
Species
Species in the genus Micropilina include:
Fossil species:
Recent species:
- Micropilina arntzi Warén & Hain, 1992
- Micropilina minuta Warén, 1989
- Micropilina rakiura Marshall, 1998
- Micropilina reingi Marshall, 2006
- Micropilina tangaroa Marshall, 1992
- Micropilina wareni Marshall, 2006
External links
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.
References
- ↑ Taviani, M.; Sabelli, B.; Candini, F. (1990). "A fossil Cenozoic monoplacophoran". Lethaia 23 (2): 213–216. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1990.tb01361.x.