Alcithoe benthicola

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Alcithoe benthicola
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Shell of Alcithoe benthicola (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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Description

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

Distribution

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

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