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Maoricolpus

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Maoricolpus
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 rosea Quoy & 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]

This genus is found in New Zealand and Australia.

Species and subspecies

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Species and subspecies in the genus Maoricolpus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Maoricolpus proroseus Marwick, 1931: synonym of Maoricolpus roseus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

References

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  1. ^ Finlay H. J. (1927) Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 389.
  2. ^ a b 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
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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