Micrelenchus tesselatus

Micrelenchus tessellatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Micrelenchus tesselatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Micrelenchus
Species:
M. tessellatus
Binomial name
Micrelenchus tessellatus
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cantharidella tesselata (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Cantharidus tesselatus (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Chrysostoma inconspicua Hutton, 1873
  • Gibbula nitida A. Adams & Angas, 1864
  • Margarita tesselata A. Adams, 1853
  • Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) tesselatus (A. Adams, 1853)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Talopena sublaevis Finlay, 1924

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North, South and Stewart Island

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Micrelenchus tesselatus (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876685 on 2020-07-26
  • Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington. xx + 116 pp.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p (p. 57)
  • Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254


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