Alcithoe fissurata

Alcithoe fissurata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Subspecies

• Alcithoe fissurata crassa Bail & Limpus, 2005
• Alcithoe fissurata elegans Bail & Limpus, 2005
• Alcithoe fissurata fissurata (Dell, 1963)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 260 mm, its diameter 93 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Northland in deep water: 360–870 metres.