''Microcarina'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s, unassigned in the
superfamily
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Seguenzioidea
Seguenzioidea is a superfamily of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2010). Seguenzioidea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...
.
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Microcarina''. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598331 on 27 March 2013
Species
Species within the genus ''Microcarina'' include:
* ''
Microcarina crenulata''
(Powell, 1937)
* ''
Microcarina mayii
''Microcarina mayii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Marshall, B. (2013). ''Microcarina mayii'' (Tate, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species
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''
(Tate, 1899)
* ''
Microcarina surgerea''
Laseron, 1954
References
* Kano Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. (2009) ''Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)''. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75:397-418.
External links
World Register of Marine SpeciesCharles F. Laseron, ''Revision of the Liotiidae of New South Wales'', The Australia Zoologist, Royal Zoological Society of new South Wales, v. 12, 1954, p. 17
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