:Alcithoe albescens
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| image_caption = Shell of Alcithoe albescens (holotype in the Museum of New Zealand)
| taxon = Alcithoe albescens
| authority = Bail & Limpus 2005
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Alcithoe albescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.{{WRMS species|385224|Alcithoe albescens Bail & Limpus 2005||25 April 2010}}
Description
The length of the shell attains 48 mm, its diameter 21 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland at a depth of 400 m to 450 mm.
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Bail, P. & Limpus, A. |title=A Conchological iconography: the Recent volutes of New Zealand |date=2005 |publisher=Conchbooks |pages=1–73}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 2005
Category:Gastropods of New Zealand
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