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Alcithoe tigrina

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Alcithoe tigrina
Shell of Alcithoe tigrina (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification Edit this 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Alcithoe larochei tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005 (superseded combination)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

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The length of the shell attains 140 mm, its diameter 64 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs between the Bay of Plenty to Mahia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.