Zeacolpus vittatus

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Zeacolpus vittatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusa
Class: Gastropoda
Infraclass: Apogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Cerithiimorpha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Zeacolpus
Species: Z. vittatus
Binomial name
Zeacolpus vittatus
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms

Turritella vittata Hutton, 1873
Turritella carlottae Watson, 1881

Zeacolpus vittatus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the North and South Islands of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This snail lives at depths of between 8 and 18 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is rather large and solid, tall and slender, with straight outlines, and very little indented at the sutures. Shell sculpture is of from 4 to 6 rather evenly developed primary cords, with several fine threads in each interspace. The outer lip is sinuous, with a deep V-shaped median sinus, and a broad shallower one on the base.

The shell coloration is buff, with the primary cords picked out in reddish-brown.

The shell height is up to 80 mm, and the width is up to 19 mm.

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