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