Alcithoe knoxi

Taxobox
name = "Alcithoe knoxi"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Volutidae
genus = "Alcithoe"
species = "A. knoxi"
binomial = "Alcithoe knoxi"
binomial_authority = Dell, 1956
synonyms =

"Alcithoe knoxi" is a large deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Range of distribution

This species is endemic to the south of the South Island of New Zealand and the Auckland Islands.

Habitat

This volute is found in deep water.

hell description

The external shell colour is a uniform whitish-buff.

The shell height is up to 80 mm, and the width up to 40 mm.

References

* [http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_3608.html]
* [http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?speciesid=1202&species=Alcithoe%20knoxi]