Stiracolpus symmetricus

Stiracolpus symmetricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Turritellidae
Genus:	Stiracolpus
Species:	S. symmetricus
Binomial name
Stiracolpus symmetricus (Hutton, 1873)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Stiracolpus delli granti (Marwick, 1957) Stiracolpus delli murdochi (Marwick, 1957) Stiracolpus delli vellae (Marwick, 1957) † Stiracolpus nanulus (Marwick, 1957) Stiracolpus robinae (Marwick, 1957) Stiracolpus shepherdi (Marwick, 1957) Turritella (Colpospira) godeffroyana Donald, 1900 Turritella (Eglisia) symetrica Hutton, 1873 (Original combination) Turritella chordata Suter, 1908 Turritella symmetrica Hutton, 1873 Zeacolpus symmetricus (Hutton, 1873)

Stiracolpus symmetricus, common name : the small turret, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.^[2]

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm.

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

• Beu A.G. (2010) Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda – Littorinimorpha). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 40(3): 59–180; p. 93

• "Stiracolpus symmetricus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
• Beu, A. (2010). Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda – Littorinimorpha). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 40(3–4): 59–180