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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Turritellidae
Subfamily:	Turritellinae
Genus:	Stiracolpus
Species:	S. symetricus
Binomial name
*Stiracolpus symmetricus* (Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms
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.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

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