Zeacolpus ahiparanus

Taxobox
name = "Zeacolpus ahiparanus"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusa
classis = Gastropoda
infraclassis = Apogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Cerithiimorpha
superfamilia = Cerithioidea
familia = Turritellidae
genus = "Zeacolpus"
species = "Z. ahiparanus"
binomial = "Zeacolpus ahiparanus"
binomial_authority = (Powell, 1927)
synonyms =

"Zeacolpus ahiparanus" is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the north west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

Habitat

This snail lives at depths of about 40 m.

hell description

The shell sculpture on the spire whorls is dominated by a submedian heavy spiral keel, and is followed by another, almost equally strong, that angulates the top of the base. The surface is otherwise crowded with fine crisp spiral threads.

The shell coloration is uniform, but different individuals vary in shade between reddish-brown and fawn.

The shell height is up to 23 mm, and the width is up to 7 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1