Alcithoe jaculoides

Alcithoe jaculoides is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. This species is found only along the coast of North Island, New Zealand.

Alcithoe jaculoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
Species:
A. jaculoides
Binomial name
Alcithoe jaculoides
Powell, 1924
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcithoe calva Powell, 1928
  • Alcithoe johnstoni Powell, 1928

Distribution
  • New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone[2]

References
  1. Bail, P. (2009). Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385235 on 2010-04-16
  2. Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1.


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