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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)
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  • Genus: Micrelenchus

  • Micrelenchus burchorum B.A. Marshall, 1998
    Height 26mm, Width 16mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 5-33 metres on algae. Middlesex Bank and King Bank, 7-805 metres
  • Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
    Height 11.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Bay of Islands south, and Stewart Island. 0-7 metres, Inhabits sheltered waters, especially Zostera, sea-grass, on tidal flats and sheltered rock pools
  • Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)
    Height 35mm, Width 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North and South Island. On seaweed at low tide to about 120 metres
  • Micrelenchus sanguineus (Gray, 1843)
    Height 8mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island
  • Micrelenchus tenebrosus A. Adams, 1853
    Height 11mm, Width 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Coastal, open water on seaweed and under kelp holdfasts
    Southern North Island, South and Stewart Island. Under stones in coastal regions
  • Micrelenchus tessellatus (A. Adams, 1851)
    Height 9mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
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