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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. © rights reserved
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:
North-western North Island as far south as New Plymouth, from 0-181m
Type Data:
  • 42 metres, off Ahipara, Ninety Mile Beach, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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

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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