Species List for Genus: Alcithoe
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- Alcithoe albescens Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 48mm, Width 21mm
Marine, Endemic
Trawled off Northland, and off Greymouth
ACE.
- Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
Height 235mm, 103mm
Arabic Volute, Marine, Endemic
North, South and Stewart Islands
ACFE.
- Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
Height 260mm, Width 145mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Northland east coast to Bay of Plenty, Aldermen Islands and White Island. Trawled from 400-800 metres on muddy substrate
AE.
- Alcithoe colesae Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 84mm, Width 32.8mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island. Puysegur Bank 164 metres
FE.
- Alcithoe davegibbsi (Hart, 1999)
Height 55mm, Width 26mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Spirits Bay, Far North. Also a worn specimen found dredged off Pakiri
AE.
- Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963)
Height 260mm, Width 93mm
Marine, Endemic
Cape Brett, Northland east coast to Bay of Plenty. Trawled from around 350-700 metres
AE.
- Alcithoe fissurata crassa Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 170mm, Width 68mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands. In cray pots around 50-80 metres
AE.
- Alcithoe fissurata elegans Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 190mm, Width 75mm
Marine, Endemic
Ahipara to Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North. Trawled from around 250-320 metres
AE.
- Alcithoe flemingi Dell, 1978
Height 100mm, Width 32mm
Marine, Endemic
Chatham Rise, off Auckland and Campbell Islands
FMAnE.
- Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Height 84mm, Width 35mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island and South Island to Otago. In shallow water to about 50 fathoms
ACFE.
- Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924
Height 188mm, Width 70mm
Marine, Endemic
East coast of North and South Island, from Otago to Three Kings Islands, and off the Ninety Mile Beach
ACFE.
- Alcithoe larochei Marwick, 1926
Height 144mm, Width 66mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island. Bay of Plenty to Cape Campbell and Cook Strait
ACE.
- Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937)
Height 222mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island. Hokitika to Westport
CE.
- Alcithoe lutea (R.B. Watson, 1882)
Height 85mm, Width 38mm
Marine, Endemic
Endemic to the Challenger Plateau and vicinity, 400-600 metres
CE.
- Alcithoe pseudolutea Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 110mm, Width 45mm
Marine, Endemic
East of Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty to off southern Hawkes Bay
ACE.
- Alcithoe seelyeorum Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 190mm, Width 75mm
Marine, Endemic
Between Three Kings Islands & North Cape. In craypots around 60-80 metres
AE.
- Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 140mm, Width 64mm
Marine, Endemic
Bay of Plenty to Mahia. Trawled around 100-600 metres
AE.
- Alcithoe triregensis Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 69.8mm, Width 21.4mm
Marine, Endemic, Characterised by incised protoconch and glossy surface
Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands 246-291 metres
AE.
- Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)
Height 111mm, Width 43mm
Marine, Endemic
Off eastern Otago, Chatham Rise and Auckland Islands to Campbell Plateau, 50-580 metres
CFMAnE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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