''Colpospira'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Turritellidae
Turritellidae, with the common name "tower shells" or "tower snails", is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small- to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the Sorbeoconcha clade.
They are filter feeders; ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Colpospira'' include:
* ''
Colpospira accisa'' (Watson, 1881)
* ''
Colpospira atkinsoni'' (Tate & May, 1900)
* ''
Colpospira australis'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Colpospira bundilla'' (Garrard, 1972)
* ''
Colpospira circumligata'' (Verco, 1910)
* ''
Colpospira congelata'' (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* ''
Colpospira cordismei'' (Watson, 1881)
* ''
Colpospira curialis'' (Hedley, 1907)
* ''
Colpospira decoramen'' (Iredale, 1936)
* ''
Colpospira deliciosa'' (Watson, 1881)
* ''
Colpospira guillaumei'' Iredale, 1924
* ''
Colpospira joannae'' (Hedley, 1923)
* ''
Colpospira mediolevis'' (Verco, 1910)
* ''
Colpospira moretonensis'' (Garrard, 1972)
* ''
Colpospira musgravia'' (Garrard, 1982)
* ''
Colpospira quadrata'' (Donald, 1900)
* ''
Colpospira runcinata'' (Watson, 1881) - type species of the genus ''Colpospira''
* ''
Colpospira sinuata'' (Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Colpospira smithiana'' (Donald, 1900)
* ''
Colpospira sophiae'' (Brazier, 1883)
* ''
Colpospira swainsiana'' (Garrard, 1982)
* ''
Colpospira translucida'' (Garrard, 1972)
* ''
Colpospira wollumbi'' (Garrard, 1972)
* ''
Colpospira yarramundi'' (Garrard, 1972)
References
External links
Turritellidae
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