| Microglyphis | |
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| Microglyphis japonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Ringiculimorpha |
| Family: | Ringiculidae |
| Genus: | Microglyphis Dall, 1902 |
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Microglyphis is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Ringiculidae.1
Members of this species have thin shells.2 The ribs on the shell are wider than Ringicula, but the shell lack a thickly callused aperture.3 2 The shell does not have posterior nor anterior notches.2
Distribution
The species of this genus are found in East and Northwest Pacific Ocean.12
Species
- † Microglyphis angulata Helwerda, 20151
- Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902)1
- Microglyphis curtula (Dall, 1890)1
- Microglyphis edgari Poppe, 2025
- Microglyphis furukawai Kuroda, 19611
- Microglyphis globularis (E.A.Smith, 1875)1
- Microglyphis hasegawai Chaban, Kano, Fukumori & Chernyshev, 20181
- Microglyphis japonica (Habe, 1952)1
- Microglyphis mazatlanica (Dall, 1908)1
- Microglyphis michelleae Valdés, 20191
- † Microglyphis miranda Lozouet, 19991
- Microglyphis perconica (Dall, 1890)1
- Microglyphis sabrinae Valdés, 20191
- Synonyms
- Microglyphis breviculus [sic]: synonym of Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902) (incorrect gender ending)
- Microglyphis estuarina (Dall, 1908): synonym of Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902) (junior subjective synonym)
- Microglyphis estuarinus [sic]: synonym of Microglyphis estuarina (Dall, 1908) : synonym of Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902) (incorrect gender ending)
- Microglyphis japonicus [sic]: synonym of Microglyphis japonica (Habe, 1952) (incorrect gender ending)
- Microglyphis mazatlanicus [sic]: synonym of Microglyphis mazatlanica (Dall, 1908) (incorrect gender ending)
- † Microglyphis mirandus Lozouet, 1999 : synonym of † Microglyphis miranda Lozouet, 1999 † (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Microglyphis noguchii Kuroda, 1961: synonym of Microglyphis japonica (Habe, 1952)
- Microglyphis perconicus [sic]: synonym of Microglyphis perconica (Dall, 1890) (incorrect gender ending)
References
References
- "Microglyphis Dall, 1902". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- Chaban, Elena M.; Kano, Yasunori; Fukumori, Hiroaki; Chernyshev, Alexei V. (2018-08-01). "Deep-sea gastropods of the family Ringiculidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from the Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, and adjacent waters with the description of three new species". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. The Russian-German deep-sea expedition SokhoBio (Sea of Okhotsk Biodiversity Studies). 154: 197–213. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.11.008. ISSN 0967-0645.
- Valdés, A. (2019). "Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs". Zoosymposia. 13: 249. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.