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Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 
AphiaID: 382339

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Cymbiinae (Subfamily) > Alcithoini (Tribe)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Alcithoini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Synonymised
taxa
  Alcithoe (Alcithoe)
Fulgoraria (Alcithoe)
Leporemax Iredale, 1937 (synonym)
Palomelon Finlay, 1926 (synonym)
Teremelon Marwick, 1926 (synonym)
Sources  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]
 Species Alcithoe aillaudorum Bouchet & Poppe, 1988
Species Alcithoe albescens Bail & Limpus, 2005
Species Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
Species Alcithoe colesae Bail & Limpus, 2005
Species Alcithoe davegibbsi Hart, 1999
Species Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963)
Species Alcithoe flemingi Dell, 1978
Species Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924
Species Alcithoe larochei Marwick, 1926
Species Alcithoe lutea (Watson, 1882)
Species Alcithoe pseudolutea Bail & Limpus, 2005
Species Alcithoe seelyeorum Bail & Limpus, 2005
Species Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005
Species Alcithoe triregensis Bail & Limpus, 2005
Species Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)

Subgenus Alcithoe (Alcithoe) represented as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (alternate representation)
  » Species Alcithoe (Alcithoe) swainsoni Marwick, 1926 accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)

Species Alcithoe calva Powell, 1928 accepted as Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924
Species Alcithoe chathamensis (Dell, 1956) accepted as Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)
Species Alcithoe johnstoni Powell, 1928 accepted as Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924
Species Alcithoe knoxi (Dell, 1956) accepted as Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)
Species Alcithoe motutaraensis Powell, 1928 accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Alcithoe ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937) accepted as Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937)
Environment marine
Link To GenBank
Note  Diagnosis: Fusiform, often with a rich pattern. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382339
Taxonomic
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2009-02-04 10:57:56Z  created  Bail, Patrice
  
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  Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382339 on 2013-05-26
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