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Micratys

Micratys is a genus of very small sea snails, unassigned in a family in the order Cephalaspidea.

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Micratys
Shell of Micratys wareni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Genus: Micratys
Habe, 1952
Type species
Micratys ovum Habe, 1952
Synonyms

    Micratys is a genus of very small sea snails, unassigned in a family in the order Cephalaspidea (bubble snails).1

    Species

    • Micratys ovum Habe, 1952
    • Micratys wareni Valdés, 2008
    References

    References

    1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Micratys Habe, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456464 on 2021-07-20
    • Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 587–792.
    External links
    • Media related to Micratys at Wikimedia Commons