Zeacolpus knoxi tardior

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Zeacolpus knoxi tardior
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 tardior
Trinomial name
Zeacolpus knoxi tardior
Marwick, 1957

Zeacolpus knoxi tardior, is a subspecies of small deepwater sea snail, a marine 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 about 285 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell has a larger protoconch, a greater spire angle, and a weaker development of the carinae, than other species in the genus.

The shell height is up to 10.4 mm, and the width is up to 4.5 mm.

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