Cantharidus mortenseni

Cantharidus mortenseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Cantharidus
Species: C. mortenseni
Binomial name
Cantharidus mortenseni
(Odhner, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
  • Micrelenchus archibenthicola Dell, 1956
  • Micrelenchus caelatus morioria Powell, 1933
  • Micrelenchus caelatus mortenseni Odhner, 1924
  • Micrelenchus morioria Powell, 1933

Cantharidus mortenseni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand, the Antipodes Islands and the Bounty Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cantharidus mortenseni (Odhner, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598221 on 2012-11-23
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p (p. 56)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1998: The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19: 107-156 (p. 144)
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