Alcithoe benthicola

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Alcithoe benthicola
File:Alcithoe benthicola 001.jpg
Shell of Alcithoe benthicola (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
Species:
A. benthicola
Binomial name
Alcithoe benthicola
(Dell, 1963)
Synonyms

Pachymelon benthicola Dell, 1963

Alcithoe benthicola is a species of very large deepwater sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

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This species attains a size of 260 mm, its diameter 145 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Northland in deep water: 400–800 metres.

References

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