Microgaza

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Microgaza
Microgaza rotella 002.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Microgaza rotella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Microgaza
Dall, 1881
Type species
Solariella (Microgaza) rotellaDall,1881
Species

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Synonyms
  • Callogaza (Microgaza)Dall, 1881 (original rank)
  • Microgaza (Microgaza)Dall, 1881
  • Solariella (Microgaza)Dall, 1881

Microgaza is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae. [1]

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Description

The flattened shell is rotelliform[ check spelling ], resembling a species from the genus Gaza without the reflected lip or umbilical callus. The shell is brilliantly nacreous when fresh. It has a distinctly scalariform umbilicus. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Microgaza include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. ↑ Microgaza . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  3. ↑ Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475
  4. ↑ Microgaza corona Lee Y.C. & Wu W.L., 2001 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Microgaza fulgens Dall, 1907 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Microgaza gotoi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Microgaza iridescens (Habe, 1968) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Microgaza konos Vilvens, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Microgaza norfolkensis Marshall, 1999 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.


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