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Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

382339  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382339)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Volutoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Volutidae (Family)
  9. Cymbiinae (Subfamily)
  10. Alcithoini (Tribe)
  11. Alcithoe (Genus)
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Alcithoe (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)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Fulgoraria (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Fulguraria (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)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Scaphella (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Voluta (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams · unaccepted (superseded combination)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)

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  1. Species Alcithoe aillaudorum Bouchet & Poppe, 1988
  2. Species Alcithoe albescens Bail & Limpus, 2005
  3. Species Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
  4. Species Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
  5. Species Alcithoe colesae Bail & Limpus, 2005
  6. Species Alcithoe crassa Bail & Limpus, 2005
  7. Species Alcithoe davegibbsi Hart, 1999
  8. Species Alcithoe elegans Bail & Limpus, 2005
  9. Species Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963)
  10. Species Alcithoe flemingi Dell, 1978
  11. Species Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  12. Species Alcithoe jaculoides A. W. B. Powell, 1924
  13. Species Alcithoe larochei Marwick, 1926
  14. Species Alcithoe lutea (R. B. Watson, 1882)
  15. Species Alcithoe pseudolutea Bail & Limpus, 2005
  16. Species Alcithoe seelyeorum Bail & Limpus, 2005
  17. Species Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005
  18. Species Alcithoe triregensis Bail & Limpus, 2005
  19. Species Alcithoe wilsonae (A. W. B. Powell, 1933)
  20. Subgenus Alcithoe (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (superseded combination)
    1. Species Alcithoe (Alcithoe) arabica (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
    2. Species Alcithoe (Alcithoe) swainsoni Marwick, 1926 accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
  21. Subgenus Alcithoe (Leporemax) C. S. Weaver & du Pont, 1970 accepted as Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Alcithoe (Leporemax) fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (superseded combination)
  22. Subgenus Alcithoe (Waihaoia) Marwick, 1926 accepted as Spinomelon Marwick, 1926 (superseded combination)
    1. Species Alcithoe calva A. W. B. Powell, 1928 accepted as Alcithoe jaculoides A. W. B. Powell, 1924 (junior subjective synonym)
    2. Species Alcithoe chathamensis (Dell, 1956) accepted as Alcithoe wilsonae (A. W. B. Powell, 1933) (junior subjective synonym)
    3. Species Alcithoe johnstoni A. W. B. Powell, 1928 accepted as Alcithoe jaculoides A. W. B. Powell, 1924 (junior subjective synonym)
    4. Species Alcithoe knoxi (Dell, 1956) accepted as Alcithoe wilsonae (A. W. B. Powell, 1933) (junior subjective synonym)
    5. Species Alcithoe motutarensis A. W. B. Powell, 1928 accepted as Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
    6. Species Alcithoe ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937) accepted as Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937)
    7. 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] 
    MolluscaBase eds. (2025). 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 2025-05-03
    Date
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    2009-02-04 10:57:56Z
    created
    Bail, Patrice
    2015-06-17 02:42:54Z
    changed
    Marshall, Bruce
    2015-06-17 03:22:32Z
    changed
    Marshall, Bruce
    2016-06-16 21:27:35Z
    changed
    Marshall, Bruce
    2018-12-04 20:01:05Z
    changed
    Bouchet, Philippe
    2019-08-05 02:32:28Z
    changed
    Marshall, Bruce
    2021-10-17 08:46:27Z
    changed
    Herbert, David

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    Nomenclature

    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  PDF available [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  PDF available [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]
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