Zeacolpus knoxi knoxi

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

Zeacolpus knoxi knoxi, is a subspecies of small sea snail, amarine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to New Zealand's Chatham Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This snail lives at depths of between 90 and 220 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is very similar to that of Zeacolpus delli, but it is glassy and colourless, and the upper cord is weaker, which results in a concave shoulder.

The shell height is up to 12 mm, and the width is up to 4 mm.

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