Micrelenchus caelatus elongatus

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Micrelenchus caelatus elongatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Trochacea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Micrelenchus
Species: M. caelatus
Subspecies: M. caelatus elongatus
Trinomial name
Micrelenchus caelatus elongatus
(Suter, 1897)
Synonyms

Cantharidus sanguineus elongatus Suter, 1897

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

[edit] Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to the Cook Strait area of New Zealand.

[edit] Shell description

This shell differs from the Micrelenchus caelatus subspecies in having a much taller spire, more numerous spiral cords, and these are continuously lined in dark pink, or purplish-brown, occasionally broken up into intermittent dashes, but on the base only.

The shell height is up to 8.5 mm, and the width is up to 5.75 mm.

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