Microgaza

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Microgaza

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| image = Microgaza rotella 002.jpg

| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Microgaza rotella

| authority =Dall, 1881

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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| synonyms =

Callogaza (Microgaza) Dall, 1881 (original rank)
Microgaza (Microgaza) Dall, 1881
Solariella (Microgaza) Dall, 1881

| type_species= Solariella (Microgaza) rotella Dall,1881

}}

Microgaza is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.{{WRMS species|391534|Microgaza ||6 December 2012}}

Description

The flattened shell is rotelliform{{typo help inline|reason=similar to rostelliform|date=November 2019}}, resembling a species from the genus Gaza without the reflected lip or umbilical callus. The shell is brilliantly nacreous when fresh. It has a distinctly scalariform umbilicus.[https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]

Species

Species within the genus Microgaza include:

† Microgaza bailyi (Gabb, 1861)Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475
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:{{WRMS species|457758|Microgaza corona Lee Y.C. & Wu W.L., 2001||22 April 2010}} 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:{{WRMS species|413464|Microgaza fulgens Dall, 1907||22 April 2010}} synonym of Ilanga fulgens (Dall, 1907)
Microgaza gotoi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006:{{WRMS species|396455|Microgaza gotoi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006||22 April 2010}} 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):{{WRMS species|413463|Microgaza iridescens (Habe, 1968)||22 April 2010}} synonym of Archiminolia iridescens (Habe, 1961)
Microgaza katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961): synonym of Archiminolia katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
Microgaza konos Vilvens, 2009:{{WRMS species|458570|Microgaza konos Vilvens, 2009||22 April 2010}} synonym of Ilanga konos (Vilvens, 2009) (original combination)
Microgaza navakaensis Ladd, 1982: synonym of Ilanga navakaensis (Ladd, 1982) (original combination)
Microgaza norfolkensis Marshall, 1999;{{WRMS species|457854|Microgaza norfolkensis Marshall, 1999||22 April 2010}} 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

[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276 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]

Category:Solariellidae