WoRMS taxon details
Alcithoini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
382338 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382338)
accepted
Tribe
Genus Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Genus Gilvostia Iredale, 1937 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)
Genus Leporemax Weaver & du Pont, 1970 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)
Genus Palomelon Finlay, 1926 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)
Genus Gilvostia Iredale, 1937 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)
Genus Leporemax Weaver & du Pont, 1970 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)
Genus Palomelon Finlay, 1926 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Distribution Zidoninae restricted to the waters of New Zealand and adjacent areas.
Distribution Zidoninae restricted to the waters of New Zealand and adjacent areas. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alcithoini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382338 on 2023-06-05
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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]
From editor or global species database
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]
