Zeacolpus vittatus
Zeacolpus vittatus | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Zeacolpus vittatus; as a juvenile this individual was subjected to a break (possibly an attempted predation) that on being repaired caused the shell spire to appear to be bent | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Turritellidae |
Subfamily: | Turritellinae |
Genus: | Zeacolpus |
Species: | Z. vittatus |
Binomial name | |
Zeacolpus vittatus (Hutton, 1873) | |
Synonyms | |
Turritella vittata Hutton, 1873 |
Zeacolpus vittatus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae, the tower snails.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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