Maoricolpus
Maoricolpus, common name the "New Zealand screw shells", is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turritellidae, the Turritella snails. This genus is found in New Zealand and Australia.
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Species and subspecies
Species and subspecies in the genus Maoricolpus include:
- Maoricolpus finlayi Powell, 1940
- Maoricolpus roseus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
- Subspecies Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis Powell, 1931
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References
- Finlay H. J. (1927) Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 389.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- New Zealand molluscs
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