Alcithoe fissurata

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Alcithoe fissurata
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Shell of Alcithoe fissurata crassa (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
Species:
A. fissurata
Binomial name
Alcithoe fissurata
Dell, 1963
Synonyms

Pachymelon fissurata Dell, 1963

Alcithoe fissurata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

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Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell attains 260 mm, its diameter 93 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Northland in deep water: 360-870 metres.

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<i>Alcithoe benthicola</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Alcithoe lutea</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Alcithoe albescens</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Alcithoe colesae</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Alcithoe seelyeorum</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Alcithoe tigrina</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Alcithoe triregensis</i> Species of gastropod

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