Alcithoe colesae

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Alcithoe colesae
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Shell of Alcithoe colesae (holotype 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. colesae
Binomial name
Alcithoe colesae
Bail & Limpus, 2005

Alcithoe colesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 84 mm, its diameter 32.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island at a depth of 165 m

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