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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)
> Maoricolpus (Genus)
> finlayi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Turritella (Maoricolpus) Finlay, 1926
Images: Maoricolpus finlayi Powell, 1940
Holotype, collected in 60 metres, off Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ (MA71569). © 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)
> Maoricolpus (Genus)
> finlayi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Turritella (Maoricolpus) Finlay, 1926
Details: Maoricolpus finlayi Powell, 1940
Size/Grows to:
Height 14mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
Spirits Bay, from 59m
Type Data:
  • 60 metres, off Spirits Bay, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.126)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.229) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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