Maoricolpus

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Maoricolpus
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A shell of Maoricolpus roseus roseus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Maoricolpus
Finlay, 1927 [1]
Type species
Turritella roseaQuoy & Gaimard, 1834
Synonyms [2]

Turritella (Maoricolpus)Finlay, 1926

Maoricolpus, common name the "New Zealand screw shells", is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turritellidae, the Turritella snails. [2]

Contents

This genus is found in New Zealand and Australia.

Species and subspecies

Species and subspecies in the genus Maoricolpus include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Finlay H. J. (1927) Trans. New Zealand Inst.57: 389.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Maoricolpus Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397134 on 2021-06-21