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Species List for Subfamily: Turritellinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Turritellidae (Family) > Turritellinae (Subfamily)
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  • Subfamily: Turritellinae

  • Maoricolpus finlayi Powell, 1940
    Height 14mm, Width 5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Spirits Bay, from 59m
  • Maoricolpus roseus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
    Height 94mm, Width 28mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands. Introduced to Tasmania, Australia, from 0-550m
  • Stiracolpus ahiparanus (Powell, 1927)
    Height 36mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-western North Island as far south as New Plymouth, from 0-181m
  • Stiracolpus ascensus (Marwick, 1957)
    Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    Challenger Plateau, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 112-660m
  • Stiracolpus maorius (Powell, 1940)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and off far northern Northland, from 30-192m
  • Stiracolpus mixtus (Finlay, 1930)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south as Ahipara on west coast and Plate Island on east coast, from 47-200m
  • Stiracolpus pagoda (Reeve, 1849)
    Height 41mm, Width 9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern North Island, Manukau Harbour, and as far south-east as Cape Runaway, from 0-207m
  • Stiracolpus symmetricus (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 23mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Always white
    Southern North Island as far north as Mahia, and South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-660m
  • Zeacolpus vittatus (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 99mm, Width 23mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    King Bank, Three Kings Islands, North Island, and far northern and south-western South Island (Doubtful Sound), from 0-200m
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