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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Columbariidae (Family)
> Coluzea (Genus)
> spiralis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbarium suteri E.A. Smith, 1915
=Coluzea espinosa Finlay, 1930
=Fusus pensum Hutton, 1873
=Fusus spiralis A. Adams, 1856
Images: Coluzea spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)
Dredged off Little Barrier Island
Collected in shell drift, Paxton Point, Far North, NZ. 90mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Columbariidae (Family)
> Coluzea (Genus)
> spiralis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbarium suteri E.A. Smith, 1915
=Coluzea espinosa Finlay, 1930
=Fusus pensum Hutton, 1873
=Fusus spiralis A. Adams, 1856
Details: Coluzea spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)
Size/Grows to:
Height 134mm, Width 30mm
Distribution:
North Cape to Cape Campbell, east coast South Island. Dredged 20-200 metres
Geographical Range:
ACR.Fo.
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Harasewych, M.G. 2011 The Living Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) of New Zealand, Zootaxa, 2744 (p.8)
  • Harasewych, M.G. 1991 Mollusca Gastropoda: Columbariform Gastropoda of New Caledonia, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 150 (p.245)
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.356)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.169)
  • Adams, A. 1855 Descriptions of twenty-five new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 23 (p.221) Original Description

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil