Alcithoe jaculoides

Alcithoe jaculoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
Species: A. jaculoides
Binomial name
Alcithoe jaculoides
Powell, 1924
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcithoe calva Powell, 1928
  • Alcithoe johnstoni Powell, 1928

Alcithoe jaculoides is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. This species is found only along the coast of North Island, New Zealand.

Distribution

References

  1. Bail, P. (2009). Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385235 on 2010-04-16
  2. Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
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