| Alcithoe pseudolutea | |
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| Shell of Alcithoe pseudolutea (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. pseudolutea
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe pseudolutea Bail & Limpus, 2005
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Alcithoe pseudolutea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.1
Description
The length of the shell attains 110 mm, its diameter 45 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island.1
References
References
- Alcithoe pseudolutea Bail & Limpus, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bail, P. & Limpus, A. (2005). A Conchological iconography: the Recent volutes of New Zealand. Conchbooks. pp. 1–73.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Hills S.F.K., Trewick S.A. & Morgan-Richards M. (2011). "Phylogenetic information of genes, illustrated with mitochondrial data from a genus of gastropod molluscs". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 104 (4): 770–785. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01756.x.