Micrelenchus purpureus | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Micrelenchus purpureus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Micrelenchus |
Species: | M. purpureus |
Binomial name | |
Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Synonyms | |
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Micrelenchus purpureus, common name the red opal top shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 32 mm. It grazes on seaweed.
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This marine species occurs off North Island and South Island, New Zealand.
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