WoRMS taxon details
Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
382339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382339)
accepted
Genus
Voluta pacifica Perry, 1810 accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)
Alcithoe (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Alcithoe (Leporemax) C. S. Weaver & du Pont, 1970 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fulgoraria (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Fulguraria (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Gilvostia Iredale, 1937 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Leporemax C. S. Weaver & du Pont, 1970 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pachymelon (Palomelon) H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Palomelon H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Scaphella (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Voluta (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Waihaoia (Palomelon) H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- 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 A. W. B. Powell, 1924
- Species Alcithoe larochei Marwick, 1926
- Species Alcithoe lutea (R. B. 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 (A. W. B. Powell, 1933)
- Subgenus Alcithoe (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (superseded combination)
- Species Alcithoe (Alcithoe) arabica (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
- Species Alcithoe (Alcithoe) swainsoni Marwick, 1926 accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Alcithoe (Leporemax) C. S. Weaver & du Pont, 1970 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alcithoe (Leporemax) fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (superseded combination)
- Subgenus Alcithoe (Waihaoia) Marwick, 1926 accepted as Spinomelon Marwick, 1926 (superseded combination)
- Species Alcithoe calva A. W. B. Powell, 1928 accepted as Alcithoe jaculoides A. W. B. Powell, 1924 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alcithoe chathamensis (Dell, 1956) accepted as Alcithoe wilsonae (A. W. B. Powell, 1933) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alcithoe johnstoni A. W. B. Powell, 1928 accepted as Alcithoe jaculoides A. W. B. Powell, 1924 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alcithoe knoxi (Dell, 1956) accepted as Alcithoe wilsonae (A. W. B. Powell, 1933) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alcithoe motutarensis A. W. B. Powell, 1928 accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alcithoe ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937) accepted as Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937)
- Species Alcithoe swainsoni Marwick, 1926 accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Scaphella (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 164. [details]
page(s): Vol. 1: 164. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382339 on 2024-09-22
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original description
(of Gilvostia Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Notes on neozelanic deepwater marine Mollusca. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 20: 103-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.20.1937.252
page(s): 105 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Waihaoia (Palomelon) H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html [details]
original description (of Alcithoe (Leporemax) C. S. Weaver & du Pont, 1970) Weaver C.S. & DuPont J.E. (1970). Living Volutes. A monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. <i>Delaware Museum of Natural History, Monograph Series n° 1 xv + 375 p.</i>: , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22769
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scaphella (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 164. [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
page(s): 105 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Waihaoia (Palomelon) H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html [details]
original description (of Alcithoe (Leporemax) C. S. Weaver & du Pont, 1970) Weaver C.S. & DuPont J.E. (1970). Living Volutes. A monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. <i>Delaware Museum of Natural History, Monograph Series n° 1 xv + 375 p.</i>: , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22769
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scaphella (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 164. [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
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Diagnosis Fusiform, often with a rich pattern. [details]