Zeacolpus delli

Taxobox
name = "Zeacolpus delli"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusa
classis = Gastropoda
infraclassis = Apogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Cerithiimorpha
superfamilia = Cerithioidea
familia = Turritellidae
genus = "Zeacolpus"
species = "Z. delli"
binomial = "Zeacolpus delli"
binomial_authority = Marwick, 1957
synonyms =

"Zeacolpus delli" is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in Wellington Harbour in the North Island, and around the South Island, except between the Marlborough Sounds and Milford Sound on the west coast.

Habitat

This snail lives from shallow depths to about 110 m.

hell description

The shell resembles "Zeacolpus symmetricus", except that the primary cords are weaker and the secondary sculpture is stronger.

The shell coloration is whitish-cream crossed by irregular bands of fawn, which tend to parallel the growth lines and to form brown spots on crossing the primaries. Most specimens, when fresh, are pinkish fawn.

The shell height is up to 31 mm, and the width is up to 9 mm.

References

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