Microlinices

Summary

Microlinices is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily [unassigned] Naticidae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Microlinices
Shell of Microlinices latiusculus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Microlinices
Simone, 2014
Type species
Microlinices latiusculusSimone, 2014

Species edit

Species within the genus Microlinices include:

  • Microlinices apiculus Simone, 2014
  • Microlinices benthovus Simone, 2014
  • Microlinices gaiophanis Simone, 2014
  • Microlinices ibitingus Simone, 2014
  • Microlinices latiusculus Simone, 2014
  • Microlinices ombratus Simone, 2014

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Microlinices Simone, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818907 on 2021-07-24

External links edit

  •   Media related to Microlinices at Wikimedia Commons
  • Simone, L. R. L. (2014). Taxonomic study on the molluscs collected during the Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) off SE Brazil: the Naticidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema. 36(3): 563-593