Alcithoe wilsonae

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Alcithoe wilsonae
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Shell of Alcithoe wilsonae (holotype at the Museum of NewZealand)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
Species:
A. wilsonae
Binomial name
Alcithoe wilsonae
(Powell, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Alcithoe chathamensis(Dell, 1956)
  • Alcithoe knoxi(Dell, 1956) [1]
  • Alcithoe wilsonae acuminataBail & Limpus, 2005
  • Alcithoe wilsonae wilsonae(Powell, 1933)
  • Leporemax chathamensisDell, 1956
  • Pachymelon wilsonae Powell, 1933 (original combination)
  • Teremelon knoxiDell, 1956 [1]

Alcithoe wilsonae is a species of rare large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [2]

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Description

A. wilsonae is a large neogastropod marine snail.

Distribution

The species is endemic to New Zealand [3] [1] and has a rich fossil record. [4] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hills, Simon F.K.; Crampton, James S.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2012). "DNA and Morphology Unite Two Species and 10 Million Year Old Fossils". PLOS ONE. 7 (12) e52083. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...752083H. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052083 . PMC   3527379 . PMID   23284880.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  4. ↑ Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.

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