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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Micrelenchus (Genus)
> huttonii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharidus (Mawhero) B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Mawhero B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Micrelenchus (Mawhero) B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) Finlay, 1926
=Trochus (Gibbium) Gray, 1843 (invalid, junior homonym of Gibbium Scopoli, 1777)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
=Gibbula plumbea Hutton, 1878
=Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876) accepted, alternate representation
=Trochus (Cantharidus) huttonii E.A. Smith, 1876
Images: Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
On algae and rocks at low tide. Tahunanui estuary, Nelson, NZ. 8mm. © rights reserved
On algae and rocks at low tide. Tahunanui estuary, Nelson, NZ. 8mm. © rights reserved
On algae and rocks at low tide. Tahunanui estuary, Nelson, NZ. 10mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: CANTHARIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
> Micrelenchus (Genus)
> huttonii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharidus (Mawhero) B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Mawhero B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Micrelenchus (Mawhero) B.A. Marshall, 1998
=Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) Finlay, 1926
=Trochus (Gibbium) Gray, 1843 (invalid, junior homonym of Gibbium Scopoli, 1777)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharidus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
=Gibbula plumbea Hutton, 1878
=Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876) accepted, alternate representation
=Trochus (Cantharidus) huttonii E.A. Smith, 1876
Details: Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
Size/Grows to:
Height 11.5mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0-13m
Type Data:
  • Ngawhakawhita Bay, Tennyson Inlet, NW of Picton, Marlborough Sounds, NZ, (neotype of Gibbula plumbea Hutton, 1878)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Inhabits sheltered waters, especially Zostera, sea-grass, on tidal flats and sheltered rock pools
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References and Publications
  • Donald, K.M., Spencer, H.G. 2016 Phylogeographic patterns in New Zealand and temperate Australian cantharidines (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae: Cantharidinae): Trans-Tasman divergences are ancient, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100 (p.341)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998 The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), Molluscan Research, 19 (p.126)
  • Smith, E.A. 1876 A list of marine shells, chiefly from the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of several new species, Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 12 (p.558) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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