Maoricolpus

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

Species and subspecies in the genus Maoricolpus include:

• † Maoricolpus doni <small>Marwick, 1971</small>
• Maoricolpus finlayi <small>Powell, 1940</small>
• † Maoricolpus horni <small>Marwick, 1971</small>
• † Maoricolpus ongleyi <small>Marwick, 1931</small>
• Maoricolpus roseus <small>(Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)</small>
• Subspecies Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis <small>Powell, 1931</small>
• † Maoricolpus solomoni <small>(Marwick, 1928)</small>
• † Maoricolpus waitemataensis <small>(Powell & Bartrum, 1929)</small>

• † Maoricolpus proroseus <small>Marwick, 1931</small>: synonym of Maoricolpus roseus <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)</small>

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

External links

• New Zealand molluscs
• Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23