Micrelenchus

Micrelenchus
Micrelenchus
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Micrelenchus
Finlay, 1926[1]
Species

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Micrelenchus is a genus of small sea snails that have shells with pearly interiors and an operculum. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.

The genus name has become a synonym of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 [2]

This genus is only known to occur in New Zealand.

Species

Species and subspecies within the genus Micrelenchus include:[3][4][5]

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References

  1. ^ a b Finlay H. J. (1926). "A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 57: 355.
  2. ^ WoRMS: Micrelenchus; accessed : 30 October 2010
  3. ^ NZ Mollusca
  4. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  5. ^ Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
  6. ^ WoRMS (2010). Micrelenchus festivus Marshall, 1998. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457839 on 2011-03-01

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