''Microgaza'' is a
genus
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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 in the
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Solariellidae
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.
Description
The flattened shell is rotelliform, resembling a species from the genus
Gaza without the reflected
lip
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or umbilical callus. The shell is brilliantly nacreous when fresh. It has a distinctly scalariform
umbilicus.
Species
Species within the genus ''Microgaza'' include:
* † ''
Microgaza bailyi''
(Gabb, 1861)
* ''
Microgaza rotella''
Dall, 1881
* ''
Microgaza vetula''
Woodring, 1928
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Microgaza alabida''
(Marshall, 1979) accepted as ''
Archiminolia alabida''
(B. A. Marshall, 1979)
* ''Microgaza corona''
Lee Y.C. & Wu W.L., 2001: synonym of ''
Elaphriella corona''
(Y.-C. Lee & W.-L. Wu, 2001) (original combination)
* ''Microgaza dawsoni'' (
Marshall, 1979) accepted as ''
Archiminolia dawsoni''
(B. A. Marshall, 1979)
* ''Microgaza fulgens''
Dall, 1907: synonym of ''
Ilanga fulgens''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''Microgaza gotoi''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006: 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): synonym of ''
Archiminolia iridescens''
(Habe, 1961)
* ''Microgaza katoi''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1961): synonym of ''
Archiminolia katoi''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
* ''Microgaza konos''
Vilvens, 2009: synonym of ''
Ilanga konos''
(Vilvens, 2009) (original combination)
* ''Microgaza navakaensis''
Ladd, 1982: synonym of
Ilanga navakaensis (Ladd, 1982) (original combination)
* ''Microgaza norfolkensis''
Marshall, 1999;
synonym of ''
Ilanga norfolkensis''
(B. A. Marshall, 1999)
* ''Microgaza opalina''
(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977): synonym of ''
Elaphriella opalina''
(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977) (original combination)
* ''Microgaza ziczac''
Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of ''
Archiminolia ziczac''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
References
* Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) ''Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined''. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
External links
W.H. Dall (1881), ''Preliminary Report of dredgings by USS Blake''; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College v. 9 pp. 1–144
Solariellidae
{{Solariellidae-stub