| Alcithoe flemingi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. flemingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe flemingi Dell, 1978 | |
Alcithoe flemingi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
This species attains a size of 105 mm.
This volute is endemic to New Zealand and lives in deep water off the Chatham Rise, off Auckland and the Campbell Islands
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