Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Monoplacophora
Subclassis: Tergomya
Ordo: Tryblidiida
Familia: Micropilinidae
Genus: Micropilina
Species: M. arntzi – M. minuta – M. rakiura – M. reinga – M. tangaroa – M. wareni
Name
Micropilina Warén, 1989
Gender: feminine
Type Species: Micropilina minuta Warén, 1989, by original designation
References
cited sources
Warén, A. 1989: New and little known Mollusca from Iceland. Sarsia, 74: 1–28. Abstract
Additional references
Haszprunar, G.; Schaefer, K. 1996: Anatomy and phylogenetic significance of Micropilina arntzi (Mollusca, Monoplacophora, Micropilinidae fam. nov.) Acta zoologica, 77: 315–334. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1996.tb01276.x
Marshall, B.A. 1990: Micropilina tangaroa, a new monoplacophoran (Mollusca) from northern New Zealand. Nautilus, 104: 105–107. Internet Archive BHL
Marshall, B.A. 1998: A new monoplacophoran (Mollusca) from southern New Zealand. Molluscan research, 19: 53–58. Abstract
Marshall, B.A. 2006: Four new species of Monoplacophora (Mollusca) from the New Zealand region. Molluscan research, 26: 61–68. Abstract
Taviani, M.; Sabelli, B.; Candini, F. 1990: A fossil Cenozoic monoplacophoran. Lethaia, 23: 213–216. DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1990.tb01361.x
Warén, A.; Hain, S. 1992: Laevipilina antarctica and Micropilina arntzi, two new monoplacophorans from the Antarctic. Veliger, 35: 165–176.
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Spencer, H.G.;Willan, R.C.; Marshall, B.A.; Murray, T.J. 2009: Checklist of the Recent Mollusca recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [accessed: 8 December 2009]
Micropilina is a genus of monoplacophoran molluscs. They are 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]
All currently known Micropilina species are less than 1.5 mm in length. Except for Micropilina minuta, they are all found in the Southern Hemisphere.[2]
Species
Species in the genus Micropilina include:
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
Fossil 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
Taviani, M.; Sabelli, B.; Candini, F. (1990). "A fossil Cenozoic monoplacophoran". Lethaia. 23 (2): 213–216. Bibcode:1990Letha..23..213T. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1990.tb01361.x.
Kano, Y., Kimura, S., Kimura, T. and Warén, A. (2012), Living Monoplacophora: morphological conservatism or recent diversification?. Zoologica Scripta, 41: 471-488. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00550.x
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