Micrelenchus dilatatus

Micrelenchus dilatatus
A shell of Micrelenchus dilatatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Micrelenchus
Species:	M. dilatatus
Binomial name
Micrelenchus dilatatus (Sowerby, 1870)

Micrelenchus dilatatus is a species of small sea snail from New Zealand, which has a shell with a pearly interior. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.

Apertural view of a shell of Micrelenchus dilatatus

One shell pattern of Micrelenchus dilatatus

References

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973

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