Alcithoe benthicola

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

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

References

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