- Micrelenchus dilatatus
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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.
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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