Alcithoe benthicola

Alcithoe benthicola is a species of very large deepwater sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Alcithoe benthicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoideaupdate
Family:
Volutidae
Genus:
Alcithoe
Species:
A. benthicola
Binomial name
Alcithoe benthicola
Dell, 1963
Synonyms

Pachymelon benthicola Dell, 1963

References
    • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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