Maoricolpus
Genus of gastropods
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.
Species and subspecies
Species and subspecies in the genus Maoricolpus include:
- † Maoricolpus doni Marwick, 1971
- Maoricolpus finlayi Powell, 1940
- † Maoricolpus horni Marwick, 1971
- † Maoricolpus ongleyi Marwick, 1931
- Maoricolpus roseus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
- Subspecies Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis Powell, 1931
- † Maoricolpus solomoni (Marwick, 1928)
- † Maoricolpus waitemataensis (Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Maoricolpus proroseus Marwick, 1931: synonym of Maoricolpus roseus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
References
- ^ Finlay H. J. (1927) Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 389.
- ^ 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
External links
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- New Zealand molluscs
- Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
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