Stiracolpus ahiparanus
| Stiracolpus ahiparanus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Turritellidae |
| Subfamily: | Turritellinae |
| Genus: | Stiracolpus |
| Species: | S. ahiparanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stiracolpus ahiparanus (Powell, 1927) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zeacolpus ahiparanus Powell, 1927 [2] | |
Stiracolpus ahiparanus, common name : the keeled screw shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae. [1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Stiracolpus ahiparanus (Powell, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564614 on 2011-05-16
- ↑ Powell, 1927, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 58:297
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Beu A.G. (2010) Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 40(3): 59-180, p. 93
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