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Micrelenchus tessellatus Top Snail

Micrelenchus tessellatus is commonly referred to as Top Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Micrelenchus tesselatus.Live on algae at low tide. Waipu Cove.2021


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
14036 
AphiaID:
876685 
Scientific:
Micrelenchus tessellatus 
German:
Kreiselschnecke 
English:
Top Snail 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Trochidae (Family) > Micrelenchus (Genus) > tessellatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(A. Adams, ), 1853 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,5cm - 0,8cm) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Detritus 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-04 20:50:02 

Info

Micrelenchus tessellatus (A. Adams, 1853)

Micrelenchus is a genus of small sea snails that have shells with pearly interiors and an operculum. This genus is only known to occur in New Zealand.

The Top snail Micrelenchus tesselatus is a algae grazer and deposit feeder. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Synonymised names:
Cantharidella tesselata (A. Adams, 1853)
Cantharidus tesselatus (A. Adams, 1853)
Chrysostoma inconspicua Hutton, 1873 (synonym)
Gibbula nitida A. Adams & Angas, 1864
Margarita tesselata A. Adams, 1853
Micrelenchus (Micrelenchus) tesselatus (A. Adams, 1853)· accepted, alternate representation
Talopena sublaevis Finlay, 1924

External links

  1. gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2021.
  2. New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2021.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2021.

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Commonly

Micrelenchus tesselatus,On rocks at Maori Bay, Muriwai,2020
Micrelenchus tesselatus.Living on a rock in the low intertidal zone, very common in this habitat at Port Waikato.2020
Micrelenchus tesselatus,On low tidal rocks in Maori Bay, Muriwai,2020
Micrelenchus tesselatus.Live on algae at low tide. Waipu Cove.2021

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