Micropilina rakiura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tryblidiida
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: Micropilina rakiura

Name

Micropilina rakiura Marshall, 1998

Type data

• Holotype: MONZ M.131609
  • Type kind: animal & shell
  • Type locality: "Mount Duncan" (47˚18.17'S, 165˚49.9'E), 896–1038 m, Puysegur Bank, south of Puysegur Point, Southland, New Zealand waters
  • Paratypes (5): MONZ M.118896

References

cited sources

• Marshall, B.A. 1998: A new monoplacophoran (Mollusca) from southern New Zealand. Molluscan research, 19: 53–58. Abstract

Links

• 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]

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