''Coluzea mariae'' is a
species of pagoda shell, a deepwater
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the
family Columbariidae
Columbariidae, known as pagoda shells, are a family of large deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Turbinelloidea. Some 60 extant species have been described.
This family was previously considered a subfamily (Col ...
, the pagoda shells.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Coluzea mariae Powell, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463620 on 2020-08-30]
Distribution
This species occurs in New Zealand.
[ Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ]
References
* Powell, A. W. B. (1952). New Zealand molluscan systematics, with descriptions of new species. Part 1. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 4: 169-185.
* Harasewych M.G. (2011) The living Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) of New Zealand. Zootaxa 2744: 1–33
* Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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Columbariidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1952