Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis

Taxobox
name = "Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
infraclassis = Apogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Cerithiimorpha
superfamilia = Cerithioidea
familia = Turritellidae
genus = "Maoricolpus"
species = "M. roseus"
subspecies = "M. roseus manukauensis"
trinomial = "Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1931
synonyms =

"Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis" is a subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to the Manukau, Raglan, and Kawhia Harbours in the North Island of New Zealand.

Habitat

This snail lives on mudflats and shallow water channels.

hell description

The shell is narrower and smaller than "Maoricolpus roseus roseus", and has the whorls more tightly coiled. The cords of the peripheral angulation are never as prominent as in "Maoricolpus roseus roseus", resulting in less indented sutures.

The shell coloration is yellowish, reddish or purplish brown, faintly marbled or streaked in darker brown.

The shell height is up to 59 mm, and the width is up to 13.5 mm.

References

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