Zeacolpus pagoda pagoda
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Zeacolpus pagoda pagoda Marwick, 1957 |
Zeacolpus pagoda pagoda, is a subspecies of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This subspecies is endemic to the north east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Habitat
This snail lives at between low water mark and a depth of 75 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is tall and slender, solid, with two prominent primary cords on the spire whorls, and a third emergent from the lower suture on the body whorl, the rest of the surface with linear spaced spiral lirae.
The shell coloration is pinkish-white, with numerous wavy longitudinal streaks of reddish-brown.
The shell height is up to 37 mm, and the width is up to 9 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1