Maoricolpus | |
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A shell of Maoricolpus roseus roseus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Turritellidae |
Subfamily: | Turritellinae |
Genus: |
Maoricolpus Finlay, 1927 |
Species | |
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clade Sorbeoconcha
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Maoricolpus, common name the "New Zealand screw shells", is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turritellidae, the Turritella snails. This genus is found in New Zealand and Australia.
Species and subspecies in the genus Maoricolpus include: