Microgaza

Microgaza is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.[1]

Microgaza
Drawing of a shell of Microgaza rotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Microgaza
Dall, 1881
Type species
Solariella (Microgaza) rotella Dall,1881
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Callogaza (Microgaza) Dall, 1881 (original rank)
  • Microgaza (Microgaza) Dall, 1881
  • Solariella (Microgaza) Dall, 1881

Description

The flattened shell is rotelliform, resembling a species from the genus Gaza without the reflected lip or umbilical callus. The shell is brilliantly nacreous when fresh. It has a distinctly scalariform umbilicus.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Microgaza include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Microgaza alabida (Marshall, 1979) accepted as Archiminolia alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
  • Microgaza dawsoni (Marshall, 1979) accepted as Archiminolia dawsoni (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
  • Microgaza fulgens Dall, 1907:[5] synonym of Ilanga fulgens (Dall, 1907)
  • Microgaza gotoi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006:[6] synonym of Ilanga gotoi (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)
  • Microgaza hurleyi (Marshall, 1979) accepted as Archiminolia hurleyi (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
  • Microgaza inornata Quinn, 1979: synonym of Microgaza rotella inornata Quinn, 1979
  • Microgaza iridescens (Habe, 1968):[7] synonym of Archiminolia iridescens (Habe, 1961)
  • Microgaza katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961): synonym of Archiminolia katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
  • Microgaza konos Vilvens, 2009:[8] synonym of Ilanga konos (Vilvens, 2009) (original combination)
  • Microgaza navakaensis Ladd, 1982: synoym of Ilanga navakaensis (Ladd, 1982) (original combination)
  • Microgaza norfolkensis Marshall, 1999;[9] synonym of Ilanga norfolkensis (B. A. Marshall, 1999)
  • Microgaza ziczac Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of Archiminolia ziczac (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)

References
  1. Microgaza . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2012.
  2. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  3. Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475
  4. Microgaza corona Lee Y.C. & Wu W.L., 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  5. Microgaza fulgens Dall, 1907. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  6. Microgaza gotoi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  7. Microgaza iridescens (Habe, 1968). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  8. Microgaza konos Vilvens, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  9. Microgaza norfolkensis Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506


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