Alcithoe wilsonae

Alcithoe wilsonae is a species of rare large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[2]

Alcithoe wilsonae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
Species:
A. wilsonae
Binomial name
Alcithoe wilsonae
(Powell, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Alcithoe chathamensis (Dell, 1956)
  • Alcithoe knoxi (Dell, 1956)[1]
  • Alcithoe wilsonae acuminata Bail & Limpus, 2005
  • Alcithoe wilsonae wilsonae (Powell, 1933)
  • Leporemax chathamensis Dell, 1956
  • Pachymelon wilsonae Powell, 1933 (original combination)
  • Teremelon knoxi Dell, 1956[1]

Description

A. wilsonae is a large neogastropod marine snail.

Distribution

The species is endemic to New Zealand[3][1] and has a rich fossil record.[4][1]

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References
  1. Hills, Simon F.K.; Crampton, James S.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2012). "DNA and Morphology Unite Two Species and 10 Million Year Old Fossils". PLOS One. 7 (12): e52083. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052083. PMC 3527379. PMID 23284880.
  2. Marshall, B.; Bail, P. (2015). Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385247 on 2016-02-04
  3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  4. Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.

Further reading
  • Dell, R.K. 1978: Additions to the New Zealand Recent molluscan fauna with notes on Pachymelon (Palomelon), National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1(11)
  • 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


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