Maoricolpus finlayi

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Maoricolpus finlayi
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Turritellidae
Subfamily:
Turritellinae
Genus:
Maoricolpus
Species:
M. finlayi
Binomial name
Maoricolpus finlayi
Powell, 1940

Maoricolpus finlayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae. [1] It is known to occur only in Spirits Bay, North Island, New Zealand.

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Description

Maoricolpus finlayi have stout shells with concave bases. The shells are pale in colour, and have a smal squarish pattern of dots. [2]

Distribution

The species is Endemic to New Zealand. [1] The holotype was collected from Piwhane / Spirits Bay, at the northern end of the Aupouri Peninsula in the Northland Region of New Zealand. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Maoricolpus finlayi Powell, 1940". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Powell, A. W. B. (1940–41). "The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Zoology. 70: 205–261 – via Papers Past.
  3. ↑ Blom, Wilma (2022). "Fossil and Recent molluscan types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Part 4: Gastropoda (Caenogastropoda - Neocyclotidae to Epitoniidae). [Cyclophoroidea, Cerithioidea, Littorinimorpha]". Records of the Auckland Museum . 56 (55): 39–62. doi:10.32912/ram.2020.55.7. ISSN   2422-8567. S2CID   229670783 . Retrieved 20 October 2022.


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