Micrelenchus

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Kingdom Animalia Family Trochidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Micrelenchus Higher classification Trochidae

Lower classifications Cantharidus tenebrosus

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

The genus name has become a synonym of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810

This genus is only known to occur in New Zealand.

Species

Species and subspecies within the genus Micrelenchus include:

Micrelenchus caelatus (Hutton, 1884): synonym of Cantharidus caelatus Hutton, 1884

Micrelenchus caelatus archibenthicola Dell, 1956: synonym of Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni

Micrelenchus caelatus bakeri Fleming, 1948: synonym of Cantharidus artizona A. Adams, 1853 (Odhner, N.H.J., 1924)

Micrelenchus caelatus elongatus (Suter, 1897): synonym of Cantharidus caelatus elongatus (Suter, 1897)

Micrelenchus caelatus morioria Powell, 1933: synonym of Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni

Micrelenchus caelatus mortenseni (Odhner, 1924): synonym of Cantharidus mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)

Micrelenchus dilatatus (Sowerby, 1870): synonym of Cantharidus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)

Micrelenchus festivus Marshall, 1998: synonym of Cantharidus festivus (B. A. Marshall, 1998)

Micrelenchus micans (Suter, 1897): synonym of Cantharidus artizona A. Adams, 1853

Micrelenchus parcipictus Powell, 1946: synonym of Cantharidus parcipictus (Powel, 1946)

Micrelenchus rufozonus (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Cantharidus rufozona A. Adams, 1853

Micrelenchus sanguineus (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843) - type species: synonym of Cantharidus sanguineus (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)

Micrelenchus sanguineus cryptus Powell, 1946: synonym of Cantharidus sanguineus cryptus Powell, 1946

Micrelenchus tenebrosus (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Cantharidus tenebrosus A. Adams, 1853

References

Micrelenchus Wikipedia

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