- Source: Alcithoe fissurata
Alcithoe fissurata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Subspecies
Alcithoe fissurata crassa Bail & Limpus, 2005
Alcithoe fissurata elegans Bail & Limpus, 2005
Alcithoe fissurata fissurata (Dell, 1963)
Description
The length of the shell attains 260 mm, its diameter 93 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Northland in deep water: 360–870 metres.
References
Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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)
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.
External links
Dell, R.K. (1963). "Archibenthal Mollusca from northern New Zealand" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 3: 205–216. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
