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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Micrelenchus (Genus)
> huttonii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharidus (Mawhero) B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Mawhero B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Micrelenchus (Mawhero) B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) Finlay, 1926
=Trochus (Gibbium) Gray, 1843 (invalid, junior homonym of Gibbium Scopoli, 1777)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
=Gibbula plumbea Hutton, 1878
=Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876) accepted, alternate representation
=Trochus (Cantharidus) huttonii E.A. Smith, 1876
Images: Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
On algae and rocks at low tide. Tahunanui estuary, Nelson, NZ. 8mm
On algae and rocks at low tide. Tahunanui estuary, Nelson, NZ. 8mm
On algae and rocks at low tide. Tahunanui estuary, Nelson, NZ. 10mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Micrelenchus (Genus)
> huttonii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharidus (Mawhero) B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Mawhero B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Micrelenchus (Mawhero) B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) Finlay, 1926
=Trochus (Gibbium) Gray, 1843 (invalid, junior homonym of Gibbium Scopoli, 1777)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
=Gibbula plumbea Hutton, 1878
=Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876) accepted, alternate representation
=Trochus (Cantharidus) huttonii E.A. Smith, 1876
Details: Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
Size/Grows to:
Height 11.5mm
Distribution:
Bay of Islands south, and Stewart Island. 0-7 metres, Inhabits sheltered waters, especially Zostera, sea-grass, on tidal flats and sheltered rock pools
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Donald, K.M., Spencer, H.G. 2016 Phylogeographic patterns in New Zealand and temperate Australian cantharidines (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae: Cantharidinae): Trans-Tasman divergences are ancient, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100 (p.341)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), Molluscan Research, 19 (p.126)
  • Smith, E.A. 1876 A list of marine shells, chiefly from the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of several new species, Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 12 (p.558) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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