Maoricolpus finlayi explained

Maoricolpus finlayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.[1] It is known to occur only in Spirits Bay, North Island, New Zealand.

Description

Maoricolpus finlayi have stout shells with concave bases. The shells are pale in colour, and have a smal squarish pattern of dots.[2]

Distribution

The species is Endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype was collected from Piwhane / Spirits Bay, at the northern end of the Aupouri Peninsula in the Northland Region of New Zealand.

References

Notes and References

  1. Maoricolpus finlayi Powell, 1940 . 2022 . 598429 . Marine Mollusca . 20 October 2022.
  2. The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand. . Papers Past . Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Zoology . 70 . 1940–41 . 205–261 . Powell . A. W. B. . Baden Powell (malacologist).