Micrelenchus

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Micrelenchus
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent [1]
Micrelenchus purpureus (MNHN-IM-2000-31253).jpeg
Shell of Micrelenchus purpureus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Micrelenchus
Finlay, 1926 [1]
Type species
Trochus (Gibbium) sanguineusGray, 1843
Synonyms
  • Cantharidus (Mawhero)B. A. Marshall, 1998
  • MawheroB. A. Marshall, 1998
  • Micrelenchus (Mawhero)B. A. Marshall, 1998· accepted, alternate representation
  • Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus)Finlay, 1926· accepted, alternate representation
  • Trochus (Gibbium)Gray, 1843 (invalid, junior homonym of Gibbium Scopoli, 1777)

Micrelenchus is a genus of small sea snails that have shells with pearly interiors and an operculum. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells. [2]

Contents

This genus is only known to occur in New Zealand.

Species

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

Species brought into synonymy

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<i>Micrelenchus purpureus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Micrelenchus sanguineus</i> Species of gastropod

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

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cantharidinae</span> Subfamily of gastropods

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Roseaplagis rufozona is a species of sea snail in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Micrelenchus tenebrosus</i> Species of gastropod

Micrelenchus tenebrosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Micrelenchus tessellatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456465 on 2020-07-25
  3. ↑ NZ Mollusca Archived 21 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  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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