Micrelenchus dilatatus

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

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