Alcithoe swainsoni
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| Alcithoe swainsoni Marwick, 1926 |
Alcithoe swainsoni is a gastropod mollusc of the Family Volutidae endemic to New Zealand. It is found all around New Zealand's coast from shallow water to 65 m.
The shell is variable in size, shape, sculpture and coloration, but always with a free-edged columellar callus plate. There are 5 or 6 strong, oblique pillar plaits. Colour is usually pale pinkish-buff, with a bold pattern of dark reddish-brown maculations, which resolve into four zones of zigzag markings on the body whorl.
Maximum shell height is 200 mm, and width 88 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
