Alcithoe triregensis
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Species of gastropod
| Alcithoe triregensis | |
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| Shell of Alcithoe triregensis (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. triregensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe triregensis Bail & Limpus 2005
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Alcithoe triregensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
[edit ]The length of the shell attains 69.8 mm, its diameter 21.4 mm.
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Distribution
[edit ]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs between the Middlesex Bank, northwest of Three Kings Islands at depths between 246 m and 291 m. [1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Alcithoe triregensis 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.
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