Roseaplagis mortenseni

Roseaplagis mortenseni is a species of sea snail in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1] The shell grows to a length of 7 mm. This marine species occurs off New Zealand, the Antipodes Islands and the Bounty Islands.

Roseaplagis mortenseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Roseaplagis
Species:
R. mortenseni
Binomial name
Roseaplagis mortenseni
(Odhner, 1924)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cantharidus caelatus mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
  • Cantharidus mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
  • Gibbula mortenseni Odhner, 1924 (basionym)
  • Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
  • Micrelenchus archibenthicola Dell, 1956
  • Micrelenchus caelatus morioria Powell, 1933
  • Micrelenchus caelatus mortenseni Odhner, 1924
  • Micrelenchus morioria Powell, 1933
  • Micrelenchus sanguineus morioria Powell, 1933

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Roseaplagis mortenseni (Odhner, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876699 on 2020-07-25
  • Odhner, N.H. (1924) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. XIX. New Zealand Mollusca. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 77, 1–90, 2 pls.
  • Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1-235.
  • 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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