Alcithoe larochei explained
Alcithoe larochei is a species of large deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Description
The length of the shell attains 144 mm, its diameter 66 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island: Bay of Plenty to Cape Campbell and Cook Strait.
References
- Marwick . J. . Tertiary and recent Volutidae of New Zealand . Transactions of the New Zealand Institute . 1926 . 56 . 259–303.
- Book: Bail, P. & Limpus, A. . A Conchological iconography: the Recent volutes of New Zealand . 2005 . Conchbooks . 1–73.
- Book: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. . Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia . 2009 . Canterbury University Press . Christchurch.
- Hills S.F.K., Trewick S.A. & Morgan-Richards M . Phylogenetic information of genes, illustrated with mitochondrial data from a genus of gastropod molluscs . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2011 . 104 . 4 . 770–785. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01756.x .
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