''Mikro'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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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''
(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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