Alcithoe benthicola is a species of very large deepwater sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Description
This species attains a size of 260 mm, its diameter is 145 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Northland in deep water: 400–800 metres.
References
Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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