Alcithoe wilsonae

Alcithoe wilsonae
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)
Synonyms
	Alcithoe chathamensis (Dell, 1956); Alcithoe knoxi (Dell, 1956); Alcithoe wilsonae acuminata Bail & Limpus, 2005; Alcithoe wilsonae wilsonae (Powell, 1933); Leporemax chathamensis Dell, 1956; Pachymelon wilsonae Powell, 1933 (original combination); Teremelon knoxi Dell, 1956;

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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

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand

↑ 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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