Alcithoe benthicola

Alcithoe benthicola is a species of very large deepwater sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Alcithoe benthicola
Shell of Alcithoe benthicola (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Alcithoe
Species:	A. benthicola
Binomial name
Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
Synonyms
Pachymelon benthicola Dell, 1963

Description

This species attains a size of 260 mm, its diameter 145 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Northland in deep water: 400–800 metres.