Stiracolpus pagoda, common name the pagoda turret, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.[3]

Stiracolpus pagoda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Stiracolpus
Species:
S. pagoda
Binomial name
Stiracolpus pagoda
(Reeve, 1849)[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Stiracolpus blacki (Marwick, 1957)
  • Stiracolpus delli delli (Marwick, 1957)
  • Stiracolpus uttleyi ruahinensis (Marwick, 1957)
  • Turritella pagoda Reeve, 1849
  • Zeacolpus ascencus Marwick, 1957
  • Zeacolpus blacki Marwick, 1957
  • Zeacolpus delli Marwick, 1957
  • Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli delli Marwick, J., 1957
  • Zeacolpus knoxi Marwick, 1957
  • Zeacolpus knoxi tardior Marwick, 1957
  • Zeacolpus maorius (Powell, 1940)
  • Zeacolpus mixtus Finlay, 1930
  • Zeacolpus pagoda (Reeve, 1849)
  • Zeacolpus pagoda pagoda Marwick, 1957[2]
  • Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) pagoda powelli Marwick, J., 1957

Description

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The shell size varies between 25 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

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The type locality of this species is the northeast coast of New Zealand.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Reeve L. A. (1849). "Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. London, 5: plate XI, figure 60.
  2. ^ Arthur William Baden Powell (1979). New Zealand mollusca: marine, land, and freshwater shells. ISBN 0002169061.
  3. ^ a b Stiracolpus pagoda (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 May 2011.
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