MolluscaBase taxon details
Stiracolpus symmetricus (F. W. Hutton, 1873)
564611 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564611)
accepted
Species
Stiracolpus delli granti (Marwick, 1957) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stiracolpus delli murdochi (Marwick, 1957) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stiracolpus delli vellae (Marwick, 1957) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stiracolpus nanulus (Marwick, 1957) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stiracolpus robinae (Marwick, 1957) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stiracolpus shepherdi (Marwick, 1957) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella (Eglisia) symmetrica F. W. Hutton, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turritella chordata Suter, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella symmetrica F. W. Hutton, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli granti Marwick, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli murdochi Marwick, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli vellai Marwick, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) nanulus Marwick, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) robinae Marwick, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) shepherdi Marwick, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) symmetricus (F. W. Hutton, 1873) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Zeacolpus nanulus Marwick, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeacolpus robinae Marwick, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeacolpus shepherdi Marwick, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zeacolpus symmetricus (F. W. Hutton, 1873) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Turritella (Eglisia) symmetrica F. W. Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868
page(s): p. 30, n. 123. [details]
page(s): p. 30, n. 123. [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, Stewart...
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Stewart Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Stewart Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stiracolpus symmetricus (F. W. Hutton, 1873). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564611 on 2026-09-13
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original description
(of Turritella (Eglisia) symmetrica F. W. Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868
page(s): p. 30, n. 123. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli granti Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 33, pl. 3, fig. 9, pl. 4, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli murdochi Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 32-33, pl. 3, fig. 10; pl. 4, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli vellai Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 33-34, pl. 3, fig. 12; pl. 4, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) nanulus Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 39-40, pl. 3, fig. 2; pl. 5, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) robinae Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 44, pl. 3, fig. 6; pl. 4, fig. 9. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) shepherdi Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 44-45, pl. 3, fig. 7; pl. 4, fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Turritella chordata Suter, 1908) Suter H. (1908). Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 22-42, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058169
page(s): 39 [details]
basis of record Beu, A. (2010). Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha). <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 40(3-4): 59-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2010.500717
page(s): 93 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): p. 389. [details]
page(s): p. 30, n. 123. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli granti Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 33, pl. 3, fig. 9, pl. 4, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli murdochi Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 32-33, pl. 3, fig. 10; pl. 4, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) delli vellai Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 33-34, pl. 3, fig. 12; pl. 4, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) nanulus Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 39-40, pl. 3, fig. 2; pl. 5, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) robinae Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 44, pl. 3, fig. 6; pl. 4, fig. 9. [details]
original description (of Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) shepherdi Marwick, 1957 †) Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 27: 1-55.
page(s): p. 17-18, p. 44-45, pl. 3, fig. 7; pl. 4, fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Turritella chordata Suter, 1908) Suter H. (1908). Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 22-42, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058169
page(s): 39 [details]
basis of record Beu, A. (2010). Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha). <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 40(3-4): 59-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2010.500717
page(s): 93 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): p. 389. [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Stiracolpus symmetricus (Hutton, 1873) New Zealand, Southland, Stewart Island, Hors...
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000139; Turritella (Eglisia) symmetrica Hutton, 1873; lectotype) (from synonym Turritella (Eglisia) symmetrica F. W. Hutton, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Zeacolpus symmetricus (F. W. Hutton, 1873))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000139; Turritella (Eglisia) symmetrica Hutton, 1873; lectotype) (from synonym Turritella (Eglisia) symmetrica F. W. Hutton, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Zeacolpus symmetricus (F. W. Hutton, 1873))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection