Zeacolpus ahiparanus

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Zeacolpus ahiparanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusa
Class: Gastropoda
Infraclass: Apogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Cerithiimorpha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Zeacolpus
Species: Z. ahiparanus
Binomial name
Zeacolpus ahiparanus
(Powell, 1927)

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

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the north west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This snail lives at depths of about 40 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell sculpture on the spire whorls is dominated by a submedian heavy spiral keel, and is followed by another, almost equally strong, that angulates the top of the base. The surface is otherwise crowded with fine crisp spiral threads.

The shell coloration is uniform, but different individuals vary in shade between reddish-brown and fawn.

The shell height is up to 23 mm, and the width is up to 7 mm.

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