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Alcithoe davegibbsi

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Alcithoe davegibbsi

Declining (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
Species:
A. davegibbsi
Binomial name
Alcithoe davegibbsi
M. Hart, 1999

Alcithoe davegibbsi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae. [2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 55 mm, its diameter 26 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Spirits Bay, North Island. [3]

References

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  1. ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ Alcithoe davegibbsi M. Hart, 1999. 23 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ "Alcithoe davegibbsi Hart, 1999". New Zealand Mollusca. Andrew Spurgeon. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  • Hart, M.R. (1999). "Description of a new species of Alcithoe (Volutidae) (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". La Conchiglia. 291: 56–60, 63.
  • 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)
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). 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. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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