Stiracolpus ahiparanus
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Zeacolpus ahiparanus Powell, 1927 [1] | |
Stiracolpus ahiparanus, common name : the keeled screw shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- ^ Powell, 1927, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 58:297
- ^ a b 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 A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Beu, AG (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 (3–4): 59–180. doi:10.1080/03036758.2010.500717.