Microtis_(gastropod)
Microtis (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods
For the Australian orchid genus, see Microtis (plant).
Microtis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Microtis | |
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| Drawing with two views of the animal and shell of Microtis tuberculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Microtis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Microtis tuberculata Adams, A., 1850 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stomatia (Microtis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1850 | |
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The spiral shell is suborbicular and depressed. It has two tuberculated ridges. The spire is slightly projecting. The aperture is very large, and wider than long. Its interior is pearly within. The columellar margin is spiral and visible as far as the apex of the spire. There is no operculum.[2]
Species within the genus Microtis (gastropod) include:[1]
- Microtis tuberculata A. Adams, 1850
The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]
- Microtis heckeliana (Crosse, 1871): synonym of Microtis tuberculata A. Adams, 1850
- Microtis rubra (Deshayes, 1843): synonym of Stomatolina rubra (Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822)
This marine genus occurs off Northern Australia and in the South Pacific Ocean
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Microtis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512300 on 2012-11-23
- A. Adams, 1850, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 18: 36
- Stomatia (Microtis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1850: Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (2001) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Gastropoda Bivalvia Polyplacophora Scaphopoda Type Figures. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 208 pp
- Allan, J. (1935). Australian shells: ear shells and wide-mouthed shells. Aust. Mus. Mag. 5 (9)
- Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn