Alcithoe grahami

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Alcithoe grahami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
Species: A. grahami
Binomial name
Alcithoe grahami
Powell, 1965
Synonyms

Pachymelon grahami Powell, 1965

Alcithoe grahami is a medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

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[edit] Range of distribution

This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This volute is found at depths of about 90 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is solid and ovate, with a short spire, only two thirds the height of the aperture. The protoconch is large, blunt, cylindrical, and of two and a half whorls. Ths adult sculpture consists of numerous rounded axial folds, extending from suture to suture, and over the whole of the body whorl. The aperture has a thick rounded outer lip. The columella has four evenly developed oblique plaits.

The exterior shell colour is uniformly pinkish-buff.

The shell height is up to 32.5 mm, and the shell width is up to 15 mm.

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