Alcithoe

Alcithoe
Alcithoe arabica (smooth form)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Alcithoe
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Alcithoe (Alcithoe) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Alcithoe (Leporemax) Iredale, 1937
  • Fulgoraria (Alcithoe)
  • Gilvostia Iredale, 1937
  • Leporemax Iredale, 1937
  • Pachymelon (Palomelon) Finlay, 1926
  • Palomelon Finlay, 1926
  • Voluta (Alcithoe) H. Adams & A. Adams
  • Waihaoia (Palomelon) Finlay, 1926
For the mythological daughter of Minyas sometimes called Alcithoe, see Minyades.

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

Species

Species within the genus Alcithoe include:[2]

  • Alcithoe aillaudorum (Bouchet, Ph. & G.T. Poppe, 1988)
  • Alcithoe albescens Bail & Limpus, 2005
  • Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Alcithoe arabicula Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe bacchanalia L. C. King, 1934
  • Alcithoe bartrumi L. C. King, 1933
  • Alcithoe bathgatei Finlay, 1926
  • Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
  • Alcithoe brevis Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe bulbus (Marwick, 1931)
  • Alcithoe callaghani (L. C. King, 1931)
  • Alcithoe colesae Bail & Limpus, 2005
  • Alcithoe concisa Marwick, 1931
  • Alcithoe cylindrica Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe davegibbsi (Hart,1999)
  • Alcithoe dilatata Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe dyscrita Finlay, 1926
  • Alcithoe exigua Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe familiaris Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe finlayi Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe firma (Marwick, 1926)
  • Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963)
  • Alcithoe flemingi Dell, 1978 photo
  • Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Alcithoe gatesi Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe grahami (Powell, 1965)
  • Alcithoe gravicostata L. C. King, 1931
  • Alcithoe haurakiensis Dell, 1956
  • Alcithoe haweraensis Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe hedleyi (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
  • Alcithoe hurupiensis Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe irregularis Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924 - synonym: Alcithoe calva Powell, 1928
  • Alcithoe larochei Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe lepida Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe lutea (Watson, 1882)
  • Alcithoe marlburiana L. C. King, 1934
  • Alcithoe murdochi (Marwick, 1926)
  • Alcithoe nodulifera Laws, 1935
  • Alcithoe pacifica
  • Alcithoe parva Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe phymatias Finlay, 1926
  • Alcithoe pinguella (Marwick, 1931)
  • Alcithoe powelli (Laws, 1936)
  • Alcithoe pseudolutea Bail & Limpus, 2005
  • Alcithoe regularis Finlay, 1926
  • Alcithoe renwicki (Marwick, 1928)
  • Alcithoe resolutionis C. A. Fleming, 1954
  • Alcithoe rugosa (Marwick, 1926)
  • Alcithoe scitula Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe scopi Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe seelyeorum Bail & Limpus, 2005
  • Alcithoe smithi (Powell, 1950)
  • Alcithoe solida Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005
  • Alcithoe triregensis Bail & Limpus, 2005
  • Alcithoe turrita (Suter, 1917)
  • Alcithoe uptonensis L. C. King, 1934
  • Alcithoe whakinoensis Marwick, 1926
  • Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 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

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