Biology:Micropilina rakiura

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Short description: Species of monoplacophoran

Micropilina rakiura

Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Order: Tryblidiida
Family: Micropilinidae
Genus: Micropilina
Species:
M. rakiura
Binomial name
Micropilina rakiura
Marshall, 1998

Micropilina rakiura is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc. It was first described by Bruce A. Marshall in 1998 and is found off the coast of New Zealand.[2][3]

References

  1. Funnell, Greig et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda. ed. Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs40entire.pdf. Retrieved 27 September 2024. 
  2.  , Wikidata Q104115574
  3. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3790888 entry