''Mikro'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Skeneidae
The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia. ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Mikro'' include:
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Mikro cerion
''Mikro cerion'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Mikro cerion'' (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxd ...
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(Dall, 1927)
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Mikro giustii
''Mikro giustii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea at bathyal depth off Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Ital ...
''
(Bogi & Nofroni, 1989)
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Mikro globulus
''Mikro globulus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 1 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Hatton Bank, Northeast Atlantic Ocean and off ...
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Warén, 1996
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Mikro hattonensis
''Mikro hattonensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Mikro hattonensis'' Hoffman, Van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...
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Hoffman, Van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2010
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Mikro minimus
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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* Mi ...
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(Seguenza G., 1876)
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Mikro oviceps
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
*
*
* Mi ...
''
Ortega & Gofas, 2019
* ''
Mikro perforatus
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
*
*
* Mi ...
''
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
*
*
* Mi ...
''
(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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