Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi
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| Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
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| Subspecies: | A. l. ostenfeldi
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| Trinomial name | |
| Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937)
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Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi is a subspecies of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
The height of this shell attains 170 mm (6.7 in), its width 73 mm (2.9 in).
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Distribution
This marine subspecies is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marshall, Bruce (2020). "Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- Iredale, T (1937). "Notes on neozelanic deepwater marine Mollusca". Records of the Australian Museum. 20: 103–107. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.20.1937.252.
- Powell A W B (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
- Bail, P.; Limpus, A. (2005). "The Recent Volutes of New Zealand, with a revision of the genus Alcithoe H. & A. Adams, 1853". A Conchological Iconography 11. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks.