Alcithoe tigrina explained

Alcithoe tigrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Description

The length of the shell attains 140 mm, its diameter 64 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs between the Bay of Plenty to Mahia.

References

• Book: Bail, P. & Limpus, A. . A Conchological iconography: the Recent volutes of New Zealand . 2005 . Conchbooks . 1–73.
• 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 .