Roseaplagis mortenseni

Roseaplagis mortenseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	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;

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.

References

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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