Alcithoe larochei
StatusNT
Status systemNZTCS
TaxonAlcithoe larochei
AuthorityMarwick, 1926

Alcithoe larochei is a species of large deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 144 mm, its diameter 66 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island: Bay of Plenty to Cape Campbell and Cook Strait.

References

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  • Marwick, J. (1926). "Tertiary and recent Volutidae of New Zealand". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 259–303.
  • Bail, P. & Limpus, A. (2005). A Conchological iconography: the Recent volutes of New Zealand. Conchbooks. pp. 1–73.
  • 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.
  • 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