Alcithoe arabica

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Alcithoe arabica
A shell of the shouldered form of Alcithoe arabica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
Species: A. arabica
Binomial name
Alcithoe arabica
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms

Alcithoe swainsoni Marwick, 1926

Alcithoe arabica is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Apertural view of smooth form of shell
Abapertural view of smooth form of shell

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