Alcithoe triregensis

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Alcithoe triregensis
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Shell of Alcithoe triregensis (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. triregensis
Binomial name
Alcithoe triregensis
Bail & Limpus 2005

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 69.8 mm, its diameter 21.4 mm.

Distribution

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]

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