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Species List for Genus: Micrelenchus
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochida (Order) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Trochidae (Family) > Cantharidinae (Subfamily) > Micrelenchus (Genus)

  • Genus: Micrelenchus

  • Micrelenchus burchorum B.A. Marshall, 1998
    Height 26mm, Width 16mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On algae
    King Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 6-805m
  • Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
    Height 11.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Inhabits sheltered waters, especially Zostera, sea-grass, on tidal flats and sheltered rock pools
    North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0-13m
  • Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)
    Height 35mm, Width 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On seaweed from low tide
    North Island, and South Island as far south as Dunedin, from 0-121m
  • Micrelenchus sanguineus (Gray, 1843)
    Height 8mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South and Stewart Island, from 0-13m
  • Micrelenchus tenebrosus A. Adams, 1853
    Height 11mm, Width 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Coastal, open water on seaweed and under kelp holdfasts
    North Island living as far north as East Cape, and South and Stewart Islands, from 0-446m
  • Micrelenchus tessellatus (A. Adams, 1851)
    Height 9mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-59m
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil