Alcithoe fusus
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| Alcithoe fusus Quoy and Gaimard, 1833 |
Alcithoe fusus is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
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[edit] Range of Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found around the southern part of the North Island, and around the South Island north of Otago
[edit] Habitat
This volute is found from shallow waters to depths of up to 90 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is large and solid, with a weakly shouldered and axially costate spire, but a smooth sub-inflated body whorl.
The external shell coloration is pale pinkish-buff, with narrow zigzag axial lines in light reddish-brown, regularly darker in places, forming three spiral zones on the body whorl. The shell is often stained a dark rusty-brown.
The shell height is up to 73 mm, and the width is up to 29 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467 054 8
