WoRMS taxon details
Alcithoini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
AphiaID: 382338
AphiaID: 382338
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Cymbiinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Tribe | |||||||
| Parent | Cymbiinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1847) | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS) [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Genus Zygomelon Harasewych & Marshall, 1995 Genus Leporemax Iredale, 1937 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Genus Palomelon Finlay, 1926 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Genus Teremelon Marwick, 1926 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Shell medium to large, solid, elongate fusiform. Protoconch of slightly irregular whorls, deviated from the axis of the shell. Body whorl smooth or knobbed. Aperture narrow. Columella with four to five plaits. Siphonal notch shallow. Fasciole weak. Radula uniserial with tricuspid teeth, the central cusp being the longest, basal plates arched. [details] Distribution: Zidoninae restricted to the waters of New Zealand and adjacent areas. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382338 | |||||||
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| Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Alcithoini. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382338 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||
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