Micropilina tangaroa

Micropilina tangaroa

Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Order: Tryblidiida
Family: Micropilinidae
Genus: Micropilina
Species:
M. tangaroa
Binomial name
Micropilina tangaroa
Marshall, 1990

Micropilina tangaroa is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc. It is known from a single specimen found off the coast of New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ Kano, Yasunori; Kimura, Shoichi; Kimura, Taeko; Warén, Anders (June 2012). "Living Monoplacophora: morphological conservatism or recent diversification?". Zoologica Scripta. 41 (5): 471–488. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00550.x. S2CID 83579453.


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