Maoricolpus Explained

Maoricolpus, common name the "New Zealand screw shells", is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turritellidae, the Turritella snails.^[1]

This genus is found in New Zealand and Australia.

Species and subspecies

Species and subspecies in the genus Maoricolpus include:

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

Species brought into synonymy:

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

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

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Maoricolpus Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397134 on 2021-06-21