Alcithoe albescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
| Alcithoe albescens | |
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| Shell of Alcithoe albescens (holotype in 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. albescens
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| Alcithoe albescens Bail & Limpus 2005
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 48 mm, its diameter 21 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland at a depth of 400 m to 450 mm.
References
edit- ^ Alcithoe albescens 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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