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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TURRITELLIDAE: TURRITELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Turritellidae (Family)
> Turritellinae (Subfamily)
> Stiracolpus (Genus)
> ahiparanus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Stiracolpus vigilax (Marwick, 1957)
=Turritella (Zeacolpus) ahiparana Powell, 1927
=Zeacolpus ahiparanus (Powell, 1927)
=Zeacolpus vigilax Marwick, 1957
Images: Stiracolpus ahiparanus (Powell, 1927)
Ninety Mile Beach and Ahipara, Northland, NZ. 36mm
Holotype, trawled in Jul 1925, off Ahipara, Northland, NZ (MA72158). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TURRITELLIDAE: TURRITELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Turritellidae (Family)
> Turritellinae (Subfamily)
> Stiracolpus (Genus)
> ahiparanus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Stiracolpus vigilax (Marwick, 1957)
=Turritella (Zeacolpus) ahiparana Powell, 1927
=Zeacolpus ahiparanus (Powell, 1927)
=Zeacolpus vigilax Marwick, 1957
Details: Stiracolpus ahiparanus (Powell, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Height 36mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
Ahipara and Auckland west coast, North Island. Below low tide to 60 metres
Geographical Range:
ACE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • May/1979 Notes of Interest: Zeacolpus ahiparanus Powell, 1927, Poirieria, 10(2)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.126)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 Mollusca from Twenty-three Fathoms off Ahipara, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 58 (p.297) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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 approximation 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
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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