Micrelenchus dilatatus | |
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A shell of Micrelenchus dilatatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Micrelenchus |
Species: | M. dilatatus |
Binomial name | |
Micrelenchus dilatatus (Sowerby, 1870) |
Micrelenchus dilatatus is a species of small sea snail from New Zealand, which has a shell with a pearly interior. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.