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Micropilina
Temporal range: cenozoic–recentScientific 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
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.
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