Micropilina is a genus of monoplacophoran molluscs. They are very small, mostly deepwater animals which have a superficially limpet-like shell.
In addition to a number of living, deep-sea species, this genus also includes a shallow water fossil from the middle Pleistocene of Italy - and this is the only fossil representative of this lineage subsequent to the Devonian period.
All currently known Micropilina species are less than 1.5 mm in length. Except for Micropilina minuta, they are all found in the Southern Hemisphere.
Species Species in the genus Micropilina include:
Recent species: Micropilina arntzi Warén & Hain, 1992 Micropilina minuta Warén, 1989 Micropilina rakiura Marshall, 1998 Micropilina reingi Marshall, 2006 Micropilina tangaroa Marshall, 1992 Micropilina wareni Marshall, 2006
Fossil species:
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