WoRMS taxon details
Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963)
385229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385229)
accepted
Species
Pachymelon (Palomelon) fissurata Dell, 1963 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
- Subspecies Alcithoe fissurata fissurata (Dell, 1963)
- Subspecies Alcithoe fissurata crassa Bail & Limpus, 2005 accepted as Alcithoe crassa Bail & Limpus, 2005 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Alcithoe fissurata elegans Bail & Limpus, 2005 accepted as Alcithoe elegans Bail & Limpus, 2005 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pachymelon (Palomelon) fissurata Dell, 1963) Dell, R.K. 1963 Archibenthal Mollusca from northern New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology, 3, 205–216., available online at https://ia802908.us.archive.org/4/items/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-3-205-216/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-3-205-216.pdf
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 213 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385229 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pachymelon (Palomelon) fissurata Dell, 1963) Dell, R.K. 1963 Archibenthal Mollusca from northern New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology, 3, 205–216., available online at https://ia802908.us.archive.org/4/items/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-3-205-216/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-3-205-216.pdf
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 213 [details]
Other
additional source
Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 2005. A Conchological iconography: the Recent volutes of New Zealand. In: ConchBooks: 1-73 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> 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. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 104: 770-785. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> 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. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 104: 770-785. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alcithoe fissurata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963) )
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.016277; Pachymelon (Palomelon) fissuratus Dell, 1963; holotype) (from synonym Pachymelon (Palomelon) fissurata Dell, 1963)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alcithoe fissurata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963) )
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.016277; Pachymelon (Palomelon) fissuratus Dell, 1963; holotype) (from synonym Pachymelon (Palomelon) fissurata Dell, 1963)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
