Micrelenchus burchorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Micrelenchus |
Species: | M. burchorum
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Binomial name | |
Micrelenchus burchorum (Marshall, 1998)
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 26 mm, its diameter 16 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands
References
edit- ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Micrelenchus burchorum (B. A. Marshall, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876694 on 2020-07-25
- Marshall B.A. 1998. The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19(1): 107–156