Maoricolpus
| Maoricolpus | |
|---|---|
| A shell of Maoricolpus roseus roseus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Turritellidae |
| Genus: | Maoricolpus Finlay, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Turritella rosea Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turritella (Maoricolpus) Finlay, 1926 | |
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.