Zeacolpus blacki

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

Zeacolpus blacki is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, being found at two widely separated locations - off the Kapiti Coast in the North Island and north east of Banks Peninsula in the South Island.

[edit] Habitat

This snail lives from low tide level to depths of 150 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is large, slender, with gently convex to almost straight-sided whorls. Adult sculpture is of three more or less evenly developed and evenly spaced cords, with a fine thread in each interspace.

The shell coloration is uniformly pale reddish-brown.

The shell height is up to 31.5 mm, and the width is up to 8 mm.

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