Alcithoe

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Alcithoe
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Alcithoe arabica (smooth form)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Voluta pacifica
Perry, 1810
Synonyms [1]
  • Alcithoe (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted, alternate representation
  • Alcithoe (Leporemax) Iredale, 1937
  • Fulgoraria (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Fulguraria (Alcithoe)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (superseded combination)
  • GilvostiaIredale, 1937
  • LeporemaxIredale, 1937
  • Pachymelon (Palomelon) Finlay, 1926
  • PalomelonFinlay, 1926
  • Scaphella (Alcithoe)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (superseded combination)
  • Voluta (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams
  • Waihaoia (Palomelon) Finlay, 1926

Alcithoe is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cymbiinae of the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

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Description

Alcithoe are large, benthic neogastropod marine snails. [2] Species are predators, and all taxa undergo direct development. [3]

The shell is ovately fusiform. The spire is produced. The apex is papillary. The aperture is ovate and wide. The inner lip shows a spreading callus. The outer lip is dilated and subreflexed. [4]

Distribution

Alcithoe species are found in seas surrounding New Zealand. [2] [3] [5] There is a rich fossil record for the genus. [6] [5]

Species

Species within the genus Alcithoe include: [2] [6] [1]

Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marshall, B. & Bail, P. (2015). "Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853". In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382339 on 2016-02-04
  2. 1 2 3 Powell, A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  3. 1 2 Hills, Simon F. K.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2011). "Phylogenetic information of genes, illustrated with mitochondrial data from a genus of gastropod molluscs". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 104 (4): 770–785. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01756.x .
  4. ↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  5. 1 2 3 Hills, Simon F. K.; Crampton, James S.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2012). "DNA and Morphology Unite Two Species and 10 Million Year Old Fossils". PLOS ONE. 7 (12) e52083. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...752083H. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052083 . PMC   3527379 . PMID   23284880.
  6. 1 2 Beu, A. G. & Maxwell, P. A. (1990). "Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand". New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin. 58.
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