Micropleurotoma
Genus of gastropods
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Micropleurotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
| Micropleurotoma | |
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| Shell and protoconch of Micropleurotoma melvilli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Micropleurotoma Thiele, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotoma spirotropoides Thiele, 1925< | |
| Species | |
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Species
Species within the genus Micropleurotoma include:
- Micropleurotoma melvilli (Sykes, 1906)[2]
- Micropleurotoma remota (Powell, 1958)[3]
- Micropleurotoma spirotropoides (Thiele, 1925)[4]
- Micropleurotoma travailleuri Bouchet & Warén, 1980[5]