Micrelenchus burchorum
Appearance
Micrelenchus burchorum | |
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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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Micrelenchus burchorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 26 mm, its diameter 16 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands
References
- ^ 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