Roseaplagis mortenseni

Roseaplagis mortenseni is a species of sea snail in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1] The shell grows to a length of 7 mm. This marine species occurs off New Zealand, the Antipodes Islands and the Bounty Islands.

Roseaplagis mortenseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Roseaplagis
Species:	R. mortenseni
Binomial name
Roseaplagis mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
Synonyms[1]
Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni (Odhner, 1924) Cantharidus mortenseni (Odhner, 1924) Gibbula mortenseni Odhner, 1924 (basionym) Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) mortenseni (Odhner, 1924) Micrelenchus archibenthicola Dell, 1956 Micrelenchus caelatus morioria Powell, 1933 Micrelenchus caelatus mortenseni Odhner, 1924 Micrelenchus morioria Powell, 1933 Micrelenchus sanguineus morioria Powell, 1933

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Roseaplagis mortenseni (Odhner, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876699 on 2020-07-25

• Odhner, N.H. (1924) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. XIX. New Zealand Mollusca. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 77, 1–90, 2 pls.
• Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1-235.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p (p. 56)
• Marshall, B.A. 1998: The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19: 107-156 (p. 144)