Alcithoe
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| Alcithoe | |
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| Alcithoe arabica (smooth form) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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Alcithoe is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cymbiinae of the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
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
Species
Species within the genus Alcithoe include:[2][6][1]
- Alcithoe aillaudorum(Ph. Bouchet & 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
- Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- † Alcithoe gatesi Marwick, 1926
- † Alcithoe gravicostata L. C. King, 1931
- † Alcithoe haweraensis Marwick, 1926
- † 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 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 solida Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005
- Alcithoe triregensis Bail & Limpus, 2005
- † Alcithoe turrita (Suter, 1917)
- † Alcithoe uptonensis L. C. King, 1934
- †Alcithoe wangaloaensis Stilwell, 2016
- † Alcithoe whakinoensis Marwick, 1926
- Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)
