Micrelenchus burchorum
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Scientific classification 
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| 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[edit]
The height of the shell attains 26 mm, its diameter 16 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands
References[edit]
- ^ 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
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