Coluzea spiralis

Coluzea spiralis
	Shell of Coluzea spiralis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbariidae
Genus:	Coluzea
Species:	C. spiralis
Binomial name
	Coluzea spiralis; (A. Adams, 1856)
Synonyms
	Columbarium suteri E. A. Smith, 1915 (junior subjective synonym); † Coluzea espinosa H. J. Finlay, 1930 (junior subjective synonym); Fusus pensum F. W. Hutton, 1873 (junior subjective synonym); Fusus spiralis A. Adams, 1856;

Coluzea spiralis is a species of very rare deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbariidae.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic and occurs off New Zealand.

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