Microgaza
# Microgaza

Microgaza is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.

## Description

The flattened shell is rotelliform, resembling a species from the genus Gaza without the reflected lip or umbilical callus. The shell is brilliantly nacreous when fresh. It has a distinctly scalariform umbilicus.

## Species

Species within the genus Microgaza include:

* † Microgaza bailyi (Gabb, 1861)
* Microgaza rotella Dall, 1881
* Microgaza vetula Woodring, 1928

### Species brought into synonymy

* Microgaza alabida (Marshall, 1979) accepted as Archiminolia alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
* Microgaza corona Lee Y.C. & Wu W.L., 2001: synonym of Elaphriella corona (Y.-C. Lee & W.-L. Wu, 2001) (original combination)
* Microgaza dawsoni (Marshall, 1979) accepted as Archiminolia dawsoni (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
* Microgaza fulgens Dall, 1907: synonym of Ilanga fulgens (Dall, 1907)
* Microgaza gotoi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006: synonym of Ilanga gotoi (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)
* Microgaza hurleyi (Marshall, 1979) accepted as Archiminolia hurleyi (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
* Microgaza inornata Quinn, 1979: synonym of Microgaza rotella inornata Quinn, 1979
* Microgaza iridescens (Habe, 1968): synonym of Archiminolia iridescens (Habe, 1961)
* Microgaza katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961): synonym of Archiminolia katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
* Microgaza konos Vilvens, 2009: synonym of Ilanga konos (Vilvens, 2009) (original combination)
* Microgaza navakaensis Ladd, 1982: synonym of Ilanga navakaensis (Ladd, 1982) (original combination)
* Microgaza norfolkensis Marshall, 1999; synonym of Ilanga norfolkensis (B. A. Marshall, 1999)
* Microgaza opalina (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977): synonym of Elaphriella opalina (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977) (original combination)
* Microgaza ziczac Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of Archiminolia ziczac (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
