Zeacolpus mixtus

Taxobox
name = "Zeacolpus mixtus"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusa
classis = Gastropoda
infraclassis = Apogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Cerithiimorpha
superfamilia = Cerithioidea
familia = Turritellidae
genus = "Zeacolpus"
species = "Z. mixtus"
binomial = "Zeacolpus mixtus"
binomial_authority = Finlay, 1930
synonyms =

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to the north east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including the Poor Knights Islands.

Habitat

This snail lives at depths of about 60 m.

hell description

The shell is slender, of rather light build, and strongly convex whorls.

The shell coloration is buff, marbled with yellowish-brown.

The shell height is up to 22 mm, and the width is up to 6 mm.

References

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