Turritellidae – Turritellinae: Colpospira (Acutospira) atkinsoni (Tate & May, 1900) (‘Atkinson’s screw-shell’)
Synonym(s): atkinsoni Tate & May, 1900 godeffroyana Donald, 1900 tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877 (preoccupied).
Typical shell-length 20 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore on sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS and VIC).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Cerithiimorpha – Cerithiimorpha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Subfamily: Turritellinae
Genus: Colpospira
Localities for Colpospira atkinsoni
Colpospira atkinsoni Bicheno
Colpospira atkinsoni Chain of Lagoons: Four Mile Creek: beach
Colpospira atkinsoni Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Colpospira atkinsoni Falmouth: foreshore
Colpospira atkinsoni Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Colpospira atkinsoni Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Colpospira atkinsoni Greens Beach: main beach
Colpospira atkinsoni King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
Colpospira atkinsoni Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Colpospira atkinsoni Mercury Passage: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 06
Colpospira atkinsoni Orford (unlocalised)
Colpospira atkinsoni Pirates Bay: middle rocks
Colpospira atkinsoni Scamander (unlocalised)
Colpospira atkinsoni South coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Colpospira atkinsoni Tasmania (unlocalised)
