Zeacolpus knoxi tardior

Zeacolpus knoxi tardior

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

"Zeacolpus knoxi tardior", is a subspecies of small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to New Zealand's Chatham Islands.

Habitat

This snail lives at depths of about 285 m.

hell description

The shell has a larger protoconch, a greater spire angle, and a weaker development of the carinae, than other species in the genus.

The shell height is up to 10.4 mm, and the width is up to 4.5 mm.

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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