Biology:Alcithoe wilsonae
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Alcithoe wilsonae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Alcithoe |
Species: | A. wilsonae
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Binomial name | |
Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)
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Synonyms | |
Alcithoe wilsonae is a species of rare large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[2]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052083. PMID 23284880. Bibcode: 2012PLoSO...752083H.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.
Further reading
- 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
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3173517 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcithoe wilsonae.
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