''Micrelenchus'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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s that have shells with pearly interiors and an
operculum. They are
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gastropod
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s in the subfamily
Cantharidinae
The Cantharidinae are a taxonomic subfamily of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, common name top snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Cantharidinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
of the
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Trochidae
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, the top snails or top shells.
[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]
This genus is only known to occur in
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.
Species
Species and subspecies within the genus ''Micrelenchus'' include:
* ''
Micrelenchus burchorum''
(B. A. Marshall, 1998)
* ''
Micrelenchus huttonii''
(E. A. Smith, 1876)
* ''
Micrelenchus purpureus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Micrelenchus sanguineus''
(Gray, 1843)
* ''
Micrelenchus tenebrosus''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Micrelenchus tesselatus''
(A. Adams, 1853)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Micrelenchus artizona''
(A. Adams, 1853): synonym of ''
Roseaplagis artizona
''Roseaplagis artizona'' is a species of sea snail in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The height of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm. The very small shell is subperforate or imperforate. It has a conical sh ...
''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''Micrelenchus caelatus''
( Hutton, 1884): synonym of ''
Cantharidus caelatus'' Hutton, 1884
** ''Micrelenchus caelatus archibenthicola''
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, 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
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* August Suter (1887& ...
, 1897): synonym of ''
Cantharidus caelatus elongatus''
(Suter
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* August Suter (1887& ...
, 1897)
** ''Micrelenchus caelatus morioria''
Powell
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, 1933: synonym of ''
Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni''
** ''Micrelenchus caelatus mortenseni''
( Odhner, 1924): synonym of ''
Cantharidus mortenseni''
(Odhner, 1924)
* ''Micrelenchus capillaceus''
(Philippi, 1849): synonym of ''
Cantharidus capillaceus
''Cantharidus capillaceus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''Micrelenchus dilatatus''
(Sowerby, 1870): synonym of ''
Cantharidus dilatatus''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
* ''Micrelenchus festivus''
Marshall, 1998:
[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] synonym of ''
Cantharidus festivus''
(B. A. Marshall, 1998)
* ''Micrelenchus micans''
(Suter
Suter is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Alexis P. Suter (born 1963), American blues, and soul blues singer and songwriter
* Andrew Burn Suter (1830–1895), Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson, New Zealand
* August Suter (1887& ...
, 1897): synonym of ''
Cantharidus artizona''
A. Adams, 1853
* ''Micrelenchus mortenseni''
(Odhner, 1924): synonym of ''
Cantharidus mortenseni''
(Odhner, 1924) accepted as Roseaplagis mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
* ''Micrelenchus oliveri''
(Iredale, 1915): synonym of ''Cantharidus sanguineus''
(Gray, 1843) synonym of ''
Micrelenchus sanguineus''
(Gray, 1843)
* ''Micrelenchus parcipictus''
Powell
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, 1946: synonym of ''
Cantharidus parcipictus''
(Powel, 1946)
* ''Micrelenchus rufozona''
( A. Adams, 1853): synonym of ''Cantharidus rufozona''
A. Adams, 1853: synonym of ''
Roseaplagis rufozona''
(A. Adams, 1853)
References
External links
Bruce A. Marshall : ''The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae)''; The Malacological Society of Australasia, Volume 19, Issue 1: 19 May 1998
Trochidae
Extant Miocene first appearances
Taxa named by Harold John Finlay
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