Spirocolpus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Turritellidae |
| Genus: | †Spirocolpus Finlay, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| † Turritella waihaoensis Marwick, 1924 | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Spirocolpus include:
- † Spirocolpus carsoni Finlay & Marwick, 1937
- † Spirocolpus meadii (Baily, 1855) [2]
- † Spirocolpus rudis (P. Marshall, 1919)
- † Spirocolpus tophinus (Marwick, 1926)
- † Spirocolpus waihaoensis (Marwick, 1924)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Spirocolpus Finlay, 1926 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818566 on 2019-11-04
- ^ Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475
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