Micrelenchus sanguineus

Micrelenchus sanguineus
Micrelenchus sanguineus sanguineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Micrelenchus
Species: M. sanguineus
Binomial name
Micrelenchus sanguineus
(Gray, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Trochus sanguineus Gray, 1843
  • Cantharidus pupillus Suter, 1913
  • Cantharidus oliveri Iredale, 1915
  • Cantharidus sanguineus (Gray): Suter, 1913
  • Micrelenchus oliveri (Iredale): Finlay, 1926
  • Micrelenchus oliveri (Iredale): Powell, 1946

Micrelenchus sanguineus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top shells. It is native to New Zealand.

Subspecies

The following subspecies has been named:

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