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
External identifiers for Cantharidus mortenseni
WoRMS 598221


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