Micropilinidae
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Micropilina Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent |
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| 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 of Italy - and this is the only fossil representative of this lineage subsequent to the Devonian period.
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.
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