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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, Endemic
    Far North and Three Kings area
    AE.
  • Maoricolpus roseus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
    Height 94mm, Width 28mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Introduced to Tasmania, Australia
    ACFME.
  • Stiracolpus ahiparanus (Powell, 1927)
    Height 36mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Ahipara and Auckland west coast, North Island. Below low tide to 60 metres
    ACE.
  • Stiracolpus pagoda (Reeve, 1849)
    Height 41mm, Width 9mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, North, South and Chatham Islands
    ACFME.
  • Stiracolpus symmetricus (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 23mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Endemic, Always white
    Otago, Foveaux Strait and Stewart Island
    FE.
  • Zeacolpus vittatus (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 99mm, Width 23mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North Island and northern South Island. From low tide to over 180 metres
    ACE.
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