Antimelatoma benthicola

Antimelatoma benthicola is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, found off Otago on the east coast of the South Island.

Habitat

This turrid is found at depths of between 90 and 130 m.

Shell description

The shell is about the size of Antimelatoma buchanani maorum but narrower, and with the spiral cords heavier, almost entirely without interstitial threads.

The shell coloration is white.

Shell height is up to 14.4 mm, and width is up to 5 mm.

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1