Biology:Maoricolpus finlayi
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Maoricolpus finlayi Powell, 1940
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Maoricolpus finlayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.[1] It is known to occur only in Spirits Bay, North Island, New Zealand.
Description
Maoricolpus finlayi have stout shells with concave bases. The shells are pale in colour, and have a smal squarish pattern of dots.[2]
Distribution
The species is Endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype was collected from Piwhane / Spirits Bay, at the northern end of the Aupouri Peninsula in the Northland Region of New Zealand.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Maoricolpus finlayi Powell, 1940". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598429.
- ↑ Powell, A. W. B. (1940–41). "The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand.". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Zoology 70: 205–261. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1940-70.2.6.18/2.
- ↑ Blom, Wilma (2022). "Fossil and Recent molluscan types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Part 4: Gastropoda (Caenogastropoda - Neocyclotidae to Epitoniidae). [Cyclophoroidea, Cerithioidea, Littorinimorpha"]. Records of the Auckland Museum 56 (55): 39–62. doi:10.32912/ram.2020.55.7. ISSN 2422-8567. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/getmedia/3c274c3f-ff0c-4aa3-8467-bb5ae02261d6/ram_2020_blom. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
Wikidata ☰ Q3174571 entry
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