Alcithoe arabica
| Alcithoe arabica | |
|---|---|
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| A shell of the shouldered form of Alcithoe arabica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. arabica |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alcithoe swainsoni Marwick, 1926 | |
Alcithoe arabica is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
.JPG) Apertural view of smooth form of shell |
.JPG) Abapertural view of smooth form of shell |
References
Further reading
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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