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Micrelenchus

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Micrelenchus
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent[1]
Shell of Micrelenchus purpureus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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) sanguineus Gray, 1843
Synonyms
  • Cantharidus (Mawhero) B. A. Marshall, 1998
  • Mawhero B. 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]

This genus is only known to occur in New Zealand.

Species

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

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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