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Maoricolpus

Maoricolpus
Maoricolpus roseus 01.JPG
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:



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