Marine Species Traits - Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)

WoRMS taxon details

Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)

To Conchology (Alcithoe arabica)

AphiaID

385225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385225)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Original name

Voluta arabica Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Alcithoe (Alcithoe) arabica (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Alcithoe (Alcithoe) swainsoni Marwick, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Alcithoe acuta Marwick, 1926 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Alcithoe detrita Marwick, 1926 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Alcithoe lutea Marwick, 1924 † · unaccepted (junior secondary homonym and synonym)

Alcithoe motutarensis A. W. B. Powell, 1928 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Alcithoe nukumaruensis (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920) † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Alcithoe swainsoni Marwick, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Alcithoe swainsoni motutarensis A. W. B. Powell, 1928 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Alcithoe transformis Marwick, 1926 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Fulgoraria (Alcithoe) arabica (Gmelin, 1791) † · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Fulgoraria (Alcithoe) depressa Suter, 1908 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Fulgoraria arabica (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Fulgoraria turrita var. nukumaruensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Fulguraria (Alcithoe) arabica (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Fulguraria (Alcithoe) depressa Suter, 1908 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Fulguraria (Alcithoe) turrita var. nukumaruensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Notovoluta rossiteri (Brazier, 1898) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Voluta arabica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Voluta elongata Swainson, 1821 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Voluta pacifica Perry, 1810 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Voluta rossiteri Brazier, 1898 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

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Subspecies Alcithoe arabica jaculoides A. W. B. Powell, 1924 accepted as Alcithoe jaculoides A. W. B. Powell, 1924 (superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Voluta arabica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3461 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385225 on 2025-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-13 14:22:46Z

created

Bail, Patrice

2015-01-16 10:00:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-06 01:40:38Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-04-14 20:35:05Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Voluta pacifica Perry, 1810) Perry G. (1810-1811). Arcana: or the Museum of Natural History. pls. 1-48 (= 1810), pls. 49-84 (= 1811), unnumbered text pages. London: James Stratford. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39045115
page(s): pl. 30 [details]

original description (of Voluta elongata Swainson, 1821) Swainson, W. (1821). Exotic conchology; or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells. London: W. Wood, J. & A. Arch. 39 pp., 48 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27547788
page(s): pls 20, 21 [details]

original description (of Alcithoe (Alcithoe) swainsoni Marwick, 1926) Marwick, J. (1926). Tertiary and recent Volutidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 259-303. [details]

original description (of Alcithoe swainsoni Marwick, 1926) Marwick, J. (1926). Tertiary and recent Volutidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 259-303.
page(s): 294 [details]

original description (of Alcithoe swainsoni motutarensis A. W. B. Powell, 1928) Powell, A. W. B. (1928). Three new Recent volutes from New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 361-364., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1928-59.2.5.12
page(s): 361 [details]

original description (of Alcithoe lutea Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). Palaeontological notes on some Pliocene Mollusca from Hawke's Bay. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 55: 191-201.
page(s): 200 [details]

original description (of Alcithoe detrita Marwick, 1926 †) Marwick, J. (1926). Tertiary and recent Volutidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 259-303.
page(s): 289 [details]

original description (of Alcithoe transformis Marwick, 1926 †) Marwick, J. (1926). Tertiary and recent Volutidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 259-303.
page(s): 293 [details]

original description (of Alcithoe acuta Marwick, 1926 †) Marwick, J. (1926). Tertiary and recent Volutidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 259-303.
page(s): 295 [details]

original description (of Voluta arabica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3461 [details]

original description (of Voluta rossiteri Brazier, 1898) Brazier, J. (1898). New marine shells from the Solomon Islands and Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22: 779-782., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3345111
page(s): 779 [details]

original description (of Fulguraria (Alcithoe) depressa Suter, 1908) Suter, H. (1908). Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 178-191., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058377
page(s): 182 [details]

original description (of Fulguraria (Alcithoe) turrita var. nukumaruensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920 †) Marshall, P.; Murdoch, R. (1920). Some Tertiary Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 52: 128-136.
page(s): 133 [details]

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]

Other

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Hills S.F.K., Trewick S.A. & Morgan-Richards M. (2011). Phylogenetic information of genes, illustrated with mitochondrial data from a genus of gastropod molluscs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 104: 770-785. [details]

additional source Ponder, W.F. (1970). The morphology of Alcithoe arabica (Gastropoda: Volutidae). Malacological Review 3: 127–165.
page(s): 127 [details]

additional source Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680 [details]