''Mikro'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Skeneidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Mikro'' include:
* ''
Mikro cerion''
(Dall, 1927)
* ''
Mikro giustii''
(Bogi & Nofroni, 1989)
* ''
Mikro globulus''
Warén, 1996
* ''
Mikro hattonensis''
Hoffman, Van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2010
* ''
Mikro minimus''
(Seguenza G., 1876)
* ''
Mikro oviceps''
Ortega & Gofas, 2019
* ''
Mikro perforatus''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
* ''
Mikro scalaroides
Mikro may refer to:
* Mikro (author), pseudonym of South African author Christoffel Hermanus Kühn (1903–1968)
* Mikro (Greek band), a Greek electronic music group formed in 1998
* ''Mikro'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails
See also
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(Rubio & Rolán, 2013)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Mikro minima''
(Seguenza G., 1876): synonym of ''Mikro minimus''
(Seguenza G., 1876) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Mikro perforata''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020: synonym of ''Mikro perforatus''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
References
Warén A. (1996). New and little known mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 3. Sarsia 81: 197-245* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). E''uropean register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
Skeneidae
Gastropod genera
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