Maoricolpus | |
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A shell of Maoricolpus roseus roseus | |
Scientific classification | |
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.