Stiracolpus ahiparanus

Stiracolpus ahiparanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Subfamily: Turritellinae
Genus: Stiracolpus
Species: S. ahiparanus
Binomial name
Stiracolpus ahiparanus
(Powell, 1927)
Synonyms[1]

Zeacolpus ahiparanus Powell, 1927 [2]

Stiracolpus ahiparanus, common name : the keeled screw shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae. [1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 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
  2. Powell, 1927, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 58:297
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