{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Micrelenchus |fossil_range= {{fossil range|Miocene|Recent|ref=<ref name="Finlay 1926"/>}} |image = Micrelenchus purpureus (MNHN-IM-2000-31253).jpeg |image_caption = Shell of ''Micrelenchus purpureus'' |authority = Finlay, 1926<ref name="Finlay 1926">Finlay H. J. (1926). "A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics". ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand'' '''57''': [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html 355].</ref> |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Cantharidus (Mawhero)'' <small>B. A. Marshall, 1998</small> * ''Mawhero'' <small>B. A. Marshall, 1998</small> * ''Micrelenchus (Mawhero)'' <small>B. A. Marshall, 1998</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus)'' <small>Finlay, 1926</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Trochus (Gibbium)'' <small>Gray, 1843</small> (invalid, junior homonym of Gibbium Scopoli, 1777) |type_species = ''Trochus (Gibbium) sanguineus'' <small>Gray, 1843</small> |display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Micrelenchus''''' is a genus of small sea snails that have shells with pearly interiors and an operculum. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456465 on 2020-07-25</ref>
This genus is only known to occur in New Zealand.
==Species== Species and subspecies within the genus ''Micrelenchus'' include:<ref>[http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist/checklist_frameset.htm NZ Mollusca] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221053405/http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist/checklist_frameset.htm |date=21 February 2007 }}</ref><ref>Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}</ref><ref>Miller M & Batt G, ''Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand'', William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973</ref> * ''Micrelenchus burchorum'' <small>(B. A. Marshall, 1998)</small> * ''Micrelenchus huttonii'' <small>(E. A. Smith, 1876)</small> * ''Micrelenchus purpureus'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Micrelenchus sanguineus'' <small>(Gray, 1843)</small> * ''Micrelenchus tenebrosus'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small> * ''Micrelenchus tesselatus'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Micrelenchus artizona'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>: synonym of ''Roseaplagis artizona'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small> * ''Micrelenchus caelatus'' <small>(Hutton, 1884)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus caelatus'' Hutton, 1884 ** ''Micrelenchus caelatus archibenthicola'' <small>Dell, 1956</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni'' ** ''Micrelenchus caelatus bakeri'' <small>Fleming, 1948</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus artizona'' A. Adams, 1853 (Odhner, N.H.J., 1924) ** ''Micrelenchus caelatus elongatus'' <small>(Suter, 1897)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus caelatus elongatus'' <small>(Suter, 1897)</small> ** ''Micrelenchus caelatus morioria'' <small>Powell, 1933</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni'' ** ''Micrelenchus caelatus mortenseni'' <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus mortenseni'' <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small> * ''Micrelenchus capillaceus'' <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus capillaceus'' <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small> * ''Micrelenchus dilatatus'' <small>(Sowerby, 1870)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus dilatatus'' <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)</small> * ''Micrelenchus festivus'' <small>Marshall, 1998</small>:<ref>WoRMS (2010). Micrelenchus festivus Marshall, 1998. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457839 on 2011-03-01</ref> synonym of ''Cantharidus festivus'' <small>(B. A. Marshall, 1998)</small> * ''Micrelenchus micans'' <small>(Suter, 1897)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus artizona'' <small>A. Adams, 1853</small> * ''Micrelenchus mortenseni'' <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus mortenseni'' <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small> accepted as Roseaplagis mortenseni (Odhner, 1924) * ''Micrelenchus oliveri'' <small>(Iredale, 1915)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus sanguineus'' <small>(Gray, 1843)</small> synonym of ''Micrelenchus sanguineus'' <small>(Gray, 1843)</small> * ''Micrelenchus parcipictus'' <small>Powell, 1946</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus parcipictus'' <small>(Powel, 1946)</small> * ''Micrelenchus rufozona'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus rufozona'' <small>A. Adams, 1853</small>: synonym of ''Roseaplagis rufozona'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/malsoc/ab/ab19107.htm Bruce A. Marshall : ''The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae)''; The Malacological Society of Australasia, Volume 19, Issue 1: 19 May 1998 ]
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Category:Micrelenchus Category:Trochidae Category:Extant Miocene first appearances Category:Taxa named by Harold John Finlay Category:Gastropod genera
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