Micrelenchus caelatus archibenthicola

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Micrelenchus caelatus archibenthicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Trochacea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Micrelenchus
Species: M. caelatus
Subspecies: M. caelatus archibenthicola
Trinomial name
Micrelenchus caelatus archibenthicola
(Dell, 1956)

Micrelenchus caelatus archibenthicola is a subspecies of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top shells.

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[edit] Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to Otago in New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This top snail is found at depths of between 475 and 640 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is small, stongly angulated, with fine nodulation of the spirals, and a different colour pattern to Micrelenchus caelatus mortenseni, with light pink, rather irregular, axial bands on a creamy-white ground.

The shell height is up to 4 mm, and the width is up to 4 mm.

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