Zeacolpus ascensus

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Zeacolpus ascensus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusa
Class: Gastropoda
Infraclass: Apogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Cerithiimorpha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Zeacolpus
Species: Z. ascensus
Binomial name
Zeacolpus ascensus
Marwick, 1957

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

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Chatham Rise.

[edit] Habitat

This snail lives at depths of between 240 and 530 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is small, rather similar to Zeacolpus pagoda powelli, but with a more even development of the main cords, resulting in more rounded than carinated whorls.

The shell height is up to 11 mm, and the width is up to 4 mm.

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