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Micrina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Tommotiida
Genus: Micrina
Laurie, 1986
Type species
Platyceras etheridgei
Tate, 1892
Species
  • M. etheridgei
  • M. pusilla
  • M. ridicula
  • M. xiaotanensis

Micrina is an extinct genus of tommotiids with affinities to brachiopods.[1]

Micrina can be considered a stem group brachiopod based on its larval shell.[2]

Its microstructure is very brachiopod like[3] and its adult morphology is similarly bivalved,[4] even though it was once thought to be halkieriid-like.[5]

Micrina is quite similar to Mickwitzia in terms of shell microstructure. The two genera are evidently closely related.

Species

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  • M. etheridgei (Tate, 1892)
  • M. pusilla Gravestock et al., 2001
  • M. ridicula (Barskova, 1988)
  • M. xiaotanensis Li & Xiao, 2004[6]

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