| Alcithoe larochei | |
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| Shell of Alcithoe larochei (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. larochei |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe larochei Marwick, 1926 | |
Alcithoe larochei is a species of large deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
The length of the shell attains 144 mm, its diameter 66 mm.
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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island: Bay of Plenty to Cape Campbell and Cook Strait.
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