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Micrina

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

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

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

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

Species

  • M. etheridgei <small>(Tate, 1892)</small>
  • M. pusilla <small>Gravestock et al., 2001</small>
  • M. ridicula <small>(Barskova, 1988)</small>
  • M. xiaotanensis <small>Li & Xiao, 2004</small>

References