| Alcithoe hedleyi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. hedleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe hedleyi (Murdoch and Suter, 1906) | |
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