Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi
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Subspecies: | Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi
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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
[edit]The height of this shell attains 170mm, its width 73mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine subspecies is endemic to New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ Marshall, B.; Bail, P. (2015). Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385241 on 2016-02-04
- Iredale, T 1937 Notes on neozelanic deepwater marine Mollusca. Records of the Australian Museum 20: 103-107
- 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 11, The Recent Volutes of New Zealand, with a revision of the genus Alcithoe H. & A. Adams, 1853, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany