Alcithoe wilsonae
| Alcithoe wilsonae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. wilsonae |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933) | |
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Alcithoe wilsonae is a species of rare large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 90mm, its width 35mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand
References
- ↑ Marshall, B.; Bail, P. (2015). Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385247 on 2016-02-04
- Dell, R.K. 1978: Additions to the New Zealand Recent molluscan fauna with notes on Pachymelon (Palomelon), National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1(11)
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Bail, P., Limpus, A. 2005: A Conchological Iconography 11, The Recent Volutes of New Zealand, with a revision of the genus Alcithoe H. & A. Adams, 1853, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany
- Hills, S.F.K., Crampton, J.S., Trewick, S.A., Morgan-Richards, M. 2012: DNA and Morphology unite two species and 10 million year old Fossils, PLoS ONE, 7(12)
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