Alcithoe benthicola is a species of very large deepwater sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
| Alcithoe benthicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. benthicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe benthicola Dell, 1963
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| Synonyms | |
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Pachymelon benthicola Dell, 1963 | |
Description edit
This species attains a size of 230 mm.
Distribution edit
Deep water: 400-800 metres: Pacific Ocean: New Zealand.
References edit
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1