Maoricolpus

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Kingdom Animalia Family Turritellidae Scientific name Maoricolpus Higher classification Turritellidae		Superfamily Cerithioidea Subfamily Turritellinae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus

Lower classifications Maoricolpus roseus, Maoricolpus finlayi

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 finlayi Powell, 1940

Maoricolpus roseus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)

Subspecies Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis Powell, 1931

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