Alcithoe tigrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
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| Shell of Alcithoe tigrina (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. tigrina
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus 2005
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| Synonyms | |
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Alcithoe larochei tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005 (superseded combination) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 140 mm, its diameter 64 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs between the Bay of Plenty to Mahia.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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) - 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.