Alcithoe
Alcithoe | |
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Alcithoe arabica (smooth form) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
Type species | |
Voluta pacifica Perry, 1810
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Alcithoe is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description[]
Alcithoe are large, benthic neogastropod marine snails.[2] Species are predators, and all taxa undergo direct development.[3]
Distribution[]
Alcithoe species are found in seas surrounding New Zealand.[2][3][4] There is a rich fossil record for the genus.[5][4]
Species[]
Species within the genus Alcithoe include:[2][5][1]
- Alcithoe aillaudorum(Ph. Bouchet & G. T. Poppe, 1988)
- Alcithoe albescens Bail & Limpus, 2005
- Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
- † Marwick, 1926
- † L. C. King, 1934
- † L. C. King, 1933
- † Finlay, 1926
- Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
- † Marwick, 1926
- † (Marwick, 1931)
- † (L. C. King, 1931)
- Alcithoe colesae Bail & Limpus, 2005
- † Marwick, 1931
- † Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe davegibbsi (Hart, 1999)
- † Marwick, 1926
- † Finlay, 1926
- † Marwick, 1926
- † Marwick, 1926
- † Marwick, 1926
- † (Marwick, 1926)
- Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963)
- Alcithoe flemingi Dell, 1978 photo
- Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- † Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe grahami (Powell, 1965)[citation needed]
- † Alcithoe gravicostata L. C. King, 1931
- Alcithoe haurakiensis Dell, 1956[citation needed]
- † Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe hedleyi (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)[citation needed]
- † Marwick, 1926
- † Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924 - synonym: Alcithoe calva Powell, 1928
- Alcithoe larochei Marwick, 1926
- † Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe lutea (Watson, 1882)
- † L. C. King, 1934
- † (Marwick, 1926)
- † Laws, 1935
- [citation needed]
- † Marwick, 1926
- † Finlay, 1926
- † (Marwick, 1931)
- † (Laws, 1936)
- Alcithoe pseudolutea Bail & Limpus, 2005
- † Finlay, 1926
- † (Marwick, 1928)
- † C. A. Fleming, 1954
- † (Marwick, 1926)
- † Marwick, 1926
- † Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe seelyeorum Bail & Limpus, 2005
- Alcithoe smithi (Powell, 1950)[citation needed]
- † Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005
- Alcithoe triregensis Bail & Limpus, 2005
- † (Suter, 1917)
- † L. C. King, 1934
- † Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Alcithoe calva Powell, 1928: synonym of Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924
- Alcithoe chathamensis (Dell, 1956): synonym of Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)
- Alcithoe johnstoni Powell, 1928: synonym of Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924
- Alcithoe knoxi (Dell, 1956): synonym of Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)[4]
- Alcithoe motutaraensis Powell, 1928: synonym of Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
- † Alcithoe oliveri Marwick, 1926: synonym of (Marwick, 1926)
- Alcithoe ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937): synonym of Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937)
- Alcithoe swainsoni Marwick, 1926: synonym of Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Alcithoe swainsoni motutarensis Powell, 1928: synonym of Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Marshall, B. & Bail, P. (2015). "Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853". In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382339 on 2016-02-04
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Powell, A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hills, Simon F. K.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2011). "Phylogenetic information of genes, illustrated with mitochondrial data from a genus of gastropod molluscs". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 104 (4): 770–785. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01756.x.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Hills, Simon F. K.; Crampton, James S.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2012). "DNA and Morphology Unite Two Species and 10 Million Year Old Fossils". PLOS ONE. 7 (12): e52083. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...752083H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052083. PMC 3527379. PMID 23284880.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Beu, A. G. & Maxwell, P. A. (1990). "Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand". New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin. 58.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Volutidae
- Gastropod genera
- Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)
- Taxa named by Henry Adams (zoologist)