Alcithoe fusus | |
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Shell of Alcithoe fusus (neotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Alcithoe |
Species: | A. fusus |
Binomial name | |
Alcithoe fusus | |
Synonyms | |
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Alcithoe fusus is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
This marine species occurs off New Zealand
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