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Micrelenchus rufozonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Trochacea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Micrelenchus
Species: M. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Prosobranchiagif|thumb|The shell of a Harpa species a prosobranch gastropod]] Prosobranchia used to be a large Taxonomic Subclass of Snails Archaeogastropoda is (or more accurately was a Taxonomic order of sea Snails Archeogastropoda are "primitive" marine Prosobranch The Trochidae, Common name top snails, are a Taxonomic family of very small to large sea Snails marine Gastropod Micrelenchus is a Genus of small sea Snails that have shells with pearly interiors rufozonus
Binomial name
Micrelenchus rufozonus
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms

Cantharidus rufozona A. In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. Adams, 1853

Micrelenchus rufozonus is a species of small sea snail which has a shell with a pearly interior. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. The word snail is a Common name that can be used for almost all members of the Molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells in the It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells. Marine is an Umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the Sea or Ocean, such as Marine biology, Marine The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Trochidae, Common name top snails, are a Taxonomic family of very small to large sea Snails marine Gastropod

Distribution

This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island

Shell description

The shell is small, with spiral cords, five on the penultimate whorl, and rather wide smooth interspaces. A whorl is a single complete 360° turn in the Spiral growth of a Mollusc shell.

Shell coloration is white, with the spiral cords deep pink to dark purplish-brown.

The shell height is up to 9 mm, and the width is up to 7 mm. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to

References

Dr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE (4 April 1901 - 1 July 1987 was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and Palaeontologist, a HarperCollins is a Publishing company owned by News Corporation. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
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