Spirocolpus
Extinct genus of gastropods
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Spirocolpus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.[1]
| Spirocolpus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Turritellidae |
| Genus: | †Spirocolpus Finlay, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| † Turritella waihaoensis Marwick, 1924 | |
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Species
Species 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)
