Alcithoe davegibbsi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae. [1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. davegibbsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe davegibbsi M. Hart, 1999
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 55 mm, its diameter 26 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Spirits Bay, North Island. [2]
References
edit- ^ Alcithoe davegibbsi M. Hart, 1999. 23 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ "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.
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