Alcithoe colesae
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| Shell of Alcithoe colesae (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. colesae
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcithoe colesae Bail & Limpus, 2005
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Alcithoe colesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 84 mm, its diameter 32.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island at a depth of 165 m
References
[edit]- ^ Alcithoe colesae Bail & Limpus, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bail, P. & Limpus, A. (2005). A Conchological iconography: the Recent volutes of New Zealand. Conchbooks. pp. 1–73.
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