Alcithoe pseudolutea
| Alcithoe pseudolutea | |
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| Shell of Alcithoe pseudolutea (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. pseudolutea |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe pseudolutea Bail & Limpus, 2005 | |
Alcithoe pseudolutea 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 110 mm, its diameter 45 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Alcithoe pseudolutea 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.