Alcithoe benthicola

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| image = Alcithoe benthicola 001.jpg

| image_caption = Shell of Alcithoe benthicola (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)

| taxon = Alcithoe benthicola

| authority = (Dell, 1963)

| synonyms = Pachymelon benthicola Dell, 1963

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Alcithoe benthicola is a species of very large deepwater sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.{{WRMS species|385226|Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)|23 July 2024}}

Description

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

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

Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
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{{cite journal |last1=Hills S.F.K., Trewick S.A. & Morgan-Richards M |title=Phylogenetic information of genes, illustrated with mitochondrial data from a genus of gastropod molluscs |journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|date=2011 |volume=104 |issue=4 |pages=770–785|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01756.x }}

{{cite journal |last1=Dell |first1=R.K. |title=Archibenthal Mollusca from northern New Zealand. |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology |date=1963 |volume=3 |pages=205–216 |url=https://ia802908.us.archive.org/4/items/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-3-205-216/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-3-205-216.pdf |access-date=23 July 2024}}