Micropilina

Micropilina
Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent
Micropilina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
(unranked): 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:

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

  1. 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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