Alcithoe fissurata

Alcithoe fissurata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Alcithoe fissurata
Shell of Alcithoe fissurata crassa (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Alcithoe
Species:	A. fissurata
Binomial name
Alcithoe fissurata Dell, 1963
Synonyms
Pachymelon fissurata Dell, 1963

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.