Boreomica

Boreomica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: †Boreomica
Guzhov, 2017
Type species
Boreomica gerasimovi
Faber & Egorov, 2015

Boreomica is an extinct genus of sea snails in the family Rissoidae that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. This genus contains two species B. costaspiralis and B. gerasimovi, both of which are small in size.

Species

This genus contains two scientifically accepted species:

It also contains the species Boreomica exigua (Gerasimov, 1992), which was renamed to Boreomica gerasimovi and then scientifically accepted.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Boreomica". WoRMS. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Guzhov, A. V. (2017-12-01). "On new Jurassic Rissooidea and Zygopleuroidea convergently similar to them (Gastropoda: Pectinibranchia)". Paleontological Journal. 51 (13): 1375–1394. doi:10.1134/S0031030117130032. ISSN 1555-6174.