Alcithoe tigrina
Species of gastropod
| Alcithoe tigrina | |
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| Shell of Alcithoe tigrina (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. tigrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus 2005 | |
| Synonyms | |
| Alcithoe larochei tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005 (superseded combination) | |
Alcithoe tigrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 140 mm, its diameter 64 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs between the Bay of Plenty to Mahia.[1]
References
- ^ a b Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bail, P. & Limpus, A. (2005). A Conchological iconography: the Recent volutes of New Zealand. Conchbooks. pp. 1–73.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Hills S.F.K., Trewick S.A. & Morgan-Richards M. (2011). "Phylogenetic information of genes, illustrated with mitochondrial data from a genus of gastropod molluscs". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 104 (4): 770–785. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01756.x.
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