- Micrelenchus caelatus
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Micrelenchus caelatus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Vetigastropoda Superfamily: Trochoidea Family: Trochidae Genus: Micrelenchus Species: M. caelatus Synonyms Cantharidus sanguineus caelatus Hutton, 1884
Micrelenchus caelatus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top shells. It is restricted in distribution to New Zealand.
Subspecies
The following subspecies have been named:
- Micrelenchus caelatus archibenthicola Dell, 1956
- Micrelenchus caelatus bakeri Fleming, 1948
- Micrelenchus caelatus elongatus (Suter, 1897)
- Micrelenchus caelatus morioria Powell, 1933
- Micrelenchus caelatus mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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