Micrelenchus caelatus bakeri

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Micrelenchus caelatus bakeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Trochacea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Micrelenchus
Subspecies: M. caelatus bakeri
Trinomial name
Micrelenchus caelatus bakeri
Fleming, 1948

Micrelenchus caelatus bakeri 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 Fiordland in the South Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This top snail is found at depths of between 7 and 15 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is larger, taller-spired, and of lighter build than the typical Micrelenchus caelatus subspecies, differing also in having a more pronounced peripheral angulation, and more numerous spiral cords, seven to nine on the penultimate, and these are flat-topped and smoothy, never granulose.

Coloration is variable; buff, with continuous or interrupted rose to purplish-brown spirals, and sometimes with radiate splashes of cream.

The shell height is up to 7 mm, and the width is up to 5.5 mm.

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