Alcithoe wilsonae

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Alcithoe wilsonae 001.jpg

| image_caption = Shell of Alcithoe wilsonae (holotype at the Museum of NewZealand)

| taxon = Alcithoe wilsonae

| authority = (Powell, 1933)

| synonyms_ref=

| synonyms =

  • Alcithoe chathamensis (Dell, 1956)
  • Alcithoe knoxi (Dell, 1956){{cite journal |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0052083 |title=DNA and Morphology Unite Two Species and 10 Million Year Old Fossils |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=7 |issue=12 |pages=e52083 |year=2012 |last1=Hills |first1=Simon F.K. |last2=Crampton |first2=James S. |last3=Trewick |first3=Steven A. |last4=Morgan-Richards |first4=Mary |pmc=3527379 |pmid=23284880|bibcode=2012PLoSO...752083H |doi-access=free }}
  • 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

}}

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

Description

A. wilsonae is a large neogastropod marine snail.

Distribution

The species is endemic to New ZealandPowell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}} and has a rich fossil record.Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.

References

{{reflist}}

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