Английская Википедия:Alcithoe arabica
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Alcithoe arabica, common name Arabic volute, is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1][2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][3][4]
Description
Shells of Alcithoe arabica can reach a height of Шаблон:Convert and a width of 88 mm.[1] These shells are usually large, solid, fusiform, with relatively weak tubercles on the shoulder of the body whorl.[1] The shell aperture is high with a thickened, rounded outer lip.[1] The external surface is yellowish-white with chestnut zig-zac markings, forming five bands on the body whorl. These zig-zag markings were thought to resemble Arabic writing, giving rise to the name of the species.
There is no operculum in A. arabica. Individuals have a large grey to brown foot, flecked with purple and orange markings.[5]
Ecology
These sea snails live in subtidal waters on soft sediments.[5] Alcithoe arabica are able to move quite quickly on the soft substrate. They feed on bivalves that they smother using their large foot. The rounded, thin shelled eggs of this species are laid on stones or other shells.[5]
Subspecies
Gallery
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A shell of Alcithoe arabica (smooth form)
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Apertural view
References
Further reading
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Шаблон:ISBN
- 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.
- Gordon, D. NZIB: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity.
- Шаблон:Citeq
- Шаблон:Citeq
External links
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Taxon: Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) (Species)
- Catalogue of Life: Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
- New Zealand Mollusca: Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Шаблон:Gastropods.com
- Massey University NZ Fauna Scanned 3D model of Alcithoe arabica
- Natural History Museum Rotterdam: Alcithoe arabica (f) swainsoni Marwick, 1926
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 WoRMS World Register of Marine Species: Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 Marine Life - Snail, Arabic Volute
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