# Micrelenchus

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{{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](/source/Harold_John_Finlay), 1926<ref name="Finlay 1926">[Finlay H. J.](/source/Harold_John_Finlay) (1926). "A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics". ''[Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand](/source/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](/source/genus) of small [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s that have shells with pearly interiors and an [operculum](/source/operculum_(gastropod)). They are [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s in the subfamily [Cantharidinae](/source/Cantharidinae)  of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Trochidae](/source/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](/source/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.](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [William Collins Publishers Ltd](/source/HarperCollins), 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](/source/HarperCollins), Auckland, New Zealand 1973</ref>
* ''[Micrelenchus burchorum](/source/Micrelenchus_burchorum)'' <small>(B. A. Marshall, 1998)</small>
* ''[Micrelenchus huttonii](/source/Micrelenchus_huttonii)'' <small>(E. A. Smith, 1876)</small>
* ''[Micrelenchus purpureus](/source/Micrelenchus_purpureus)'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
* ''[Micrelenchus sanguineus](/source/Micrelenchus_sanguineus)'' <small>(Gray, 1843)</small>
* ''[Micrelenchus tenebrosus](/source/Micrelenchus_tenebrosus)'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
* ''[Micrelenchus tesselatus](/source/Micrelenchus_tesselatus)'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Micrelenchus artizona'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>: synonym of ''[Roseaplagis artizona](/source/Roseaplagis_artizona)'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
* ''Micrelenchus caelatus'' <small>([Hutton](/source/Frederick_Hutton_(scientist)), 1884)</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus caelatus](/source/Cantharidus_caelatus)'' Hutton, 1884
** ''Micrelenchus caelatus archibenthicola'' <small>[Dell](/source/Richard_Dell), 1956</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni](/source/Cantharidus_caelatus_mortenseni)''
** ''Micrelenchus caelatus bakeri'' <small>Fleming, 1948</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus artizona](/source/Cantharidus_artizona)'' A. Adams, 1853 (Odhner, N.H.J., 1924)
** ''Micrelenchus caelatus elongatus'' <small>([Suter](/source/Henry_Suter), 1897)</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus caelatus elongatus](/source/Cantharidus_caelatus_elongatus)'' <small>([Suter](/source/Henry_Suter), 1897)</small>
** ''Micrelenchus caelatus morioria'' <small>[Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1933</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni](/source/Cantharidus_caelatus_mortenseni)''
** ''Micrelenchus caelatus mortenseni'' <small>([Odhner](/source/Nils_Hjalmar_Odhner), 1924)</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus mortenseni](/source/Cantharidus_mortenseni)'' <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small>
* ''Micrelenchus capillaceus'' <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus capillaceus](/source/Cantharidus_capillaceus)'' <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
* ''Micrelenchus dilatatus'' <small>(Sowerby, 1870)</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus dilatatus](/source/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](/source/Cantharidus_festivus)'' <small>(B. A. Marshall, 1998)</small>
* ''Micrelenchus micans'' <small>([Suter](/source/Henry_Suter), 1897)</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus artizona](/source/Cantharidus_artizona)'' <small>A. Adams, 1853</small>
* ''Micrelenchus mortenseni'' <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus mortenseni](/source/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](/source/Micrelenchus_sanguineus)'' <small>(Gray, 1843)</small>
* ''Micrelenchus parcipictus'' <small>[Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1946</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus parcipictus](/source/Cantharidus_parcipictus)'' <small>(Powel, 1946)</small>
* ''Micrelenchus rufozona'' <small>([A. Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1853)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus rufozona'' <small>A. Adams, 1853</small>: synonym of ''[Roseaplagis rufozona](/source/Roseaplagis_rufozona)'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [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:Trochidae
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Category:Gastropod genera

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