Maoricolpus
Sign in to saveMaoricolpus, common name the "New Zealand screw shells", is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turritellidae, the Turritella snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilyTurritellidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 78
- Family
- Turritellidae
- Collections
- USNM, UF, UOMNH, NMV
- Recorded in
- Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand
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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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