Maoricolpus roseus
| Maoricolpus roseus roseus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Turritellidae |
| Subfamily: | Turritellinae |
| Genus: | Maoricolpus |
| Species: | M. roseus |
| Binomial name | |
| Maoricolpus roseus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turritella difficilis Suter, 1908 | |
Maoricolpus roseus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae, found only in New Zealand.
A subspecies of this species has been described: Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis Powell, 1931
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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