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Chatham Rise, trawled 400-450 metres. 91mm
Chatham Rise, trawled 450 metres. 69mm
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Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approxomation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
FW =
Freshwater
L =
Land
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced

Coluzea mariae (Powell, 1952)

Classification:Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Turbinelloidea (Superfamily) > Turbinellidae (Family) > Columbariinae (Subfamily) > Coluzea (Genus)
Family: SubfamilyTURBINELLIDAE: COLUMBARIINAE
Size/Grows to:Height 106mm, Width 25mm
Distribution:From Cape Campbell southward along eastern coast of South Island, western Campbell Plateau (offAuckland and Campbell Islands), and along western Chatham Rise
Geographical Range:[CFMAn]
Notes:
Endemic. Broader and more squat spire than spiralis. Body whorl more rounded, the peripheral keel less prominent, and the axial folds more numerous, forming 23-24 blunt tubercules per whorl
 
References and Publications:
  • Harasewych, M.G. 2011: The Living Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) of New Zealand, Zootaxa, 2744 (p.20)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.169)

Note: Localities are approximate, and represent only some of the known localities for the species.

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