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Alcithoe davegibbsi
Conservation status
Declining (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Alcithoe
Species:	A. davegibbsi
Binomial name
Alcithoe davegibbsi M. Hart, 1999

Alcithoe davegibbsi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 55 mm, its diameter 26 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Spirits Bay, North Island.

References

1. Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. Alcithoe davegibbsi M. Hart, 1999. 23 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
3. "Alcithoe davegibbsi Hart, 1999". New Zealand Mollusca. Andrew Spurgeon. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

• Hart, M.R. (1999). "Description of a new species of Alcithoe (Volutidae) (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". La Conchiglia. 291: 56–60, 63.
• 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)

External links

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