Species List for Subfamily: Cymbiinae
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Alcithoe albescens Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 40.8mm, Width 17.8mm, Marine, Endemic
Trawled off Ahipara, Northland, around 500 metres AE.
Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
=Alcithoe (Alcithoe) swainsoni Marwick, 1926, =Alcithoe acuta Marwick, 1926, =Alcithoe detrita Marwick, 1926, =Alcithoe lutea Marwick, 1924, =Alcithoe motutarensis Powell, 1928, =Alcithoe nukumaruensis (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920), =Alcithoe swainsoni Marwick, 1926, =Alcithoe swainsoni motutarensis Powell, 1928, =Alcithoe transformis Marwick, 1926, =Fulgoraria (Alcithoe) depressa Suter, 1908, =Fulgoraria arabica (Gmelin, 1791), =Fulgoraria turrita var. nukumaruensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920, =Notovoluta rossiteri (Brazier, 1898), =Voluta arabica Gmelin, 1791, =Voluta elongata Swainson, 1821, =Voluta pacifica Perry, 1810, =Voluta rossiteri Brazier, 1898
Height 200mm, Width 88mm, Arabic Volute, Marine, Endemic
North, South and Stewart Islands ACFE.
Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
=Pachymelon (Palomelon) benthicola Dell, 1963
Height 250mm, Width 140mm, 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
Length 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)
=Alcithoe fissurata fissurata (Dell, 1963) accepted, alternate representation, =Pachymelon (Palomelon) fissurata Dell, 1963
Height 195mm, Width 70mm, 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)
=Alcithoe (Leporemax) fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833), =Alcithoe (Leporemax) fusus haurakiensis Dell, 1956, =Alcithoe fusus fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833), =Alcithoe fusus haurakiensis Dell, 1956, =Alcithoe fusus hedleyi (Murdoch & Suter, 1906), =Fulgoraria (Alcithoe) hedleyi Murdoch & Suter, 1906, =Leporemax fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833), =Leporemax fusus var. ruahiniensis R.M. Carter, 1972, =Voluta (Alcithoe) subplicata Hutton, 1873, =Voluta fusus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833, =Voluta gracilis Swainson, 1824
Height 75mm, Width 30mm, Marine, Endemic
North Island and South Island to Otago. In shallow water to about 50 fathoms ACFE.
Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924
=Alcithoe calva Powell, 1928, =Alcithoe johnstoni Powell, 1928
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
=Alcithoe larochei larochei Marwick, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
Height 120mm, Width 55mm, Marine, Endemic
North Island. East Cape to Cape Campbell and Cook Strait ACE.
Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937)
=Alcithoe ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937), =Gilvostia ostenfeldi Iredale, 1937
Height 216mm, Marine, Endemic
South Island. Hokitika to Westport CE.
Alcithoe lutea (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Cymbiola lutea R.B. Watson, 1882, =Voluta lutea (R.B. Watson, 1882), =Waihaoia (Palomelon) lutea (R.B. Watson, 1882), =Waihaoia lutea (R.B. Watson, 1882)
Height 70mm, Width 32mm, 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 Chatham Rise ACME.
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
=Alcithoe larochei tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005
Height 120mm, Width 55mm, Marine, Endemic
Bay of Plenty to Mahia. Trawled around 100-600 metres AE.
Alcithoe triregensis Bail & Limpus, 2005
Length 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)
=Alcithoe chathamensis (Dell, 1956), =Alcithoe knoxi (Dell, 1956), =Alcithoe wilsonae acuminata Bail & Limpus, 2005, =Alcithoe wilsonae wilsonae (Powell, 1933), =Leporemax chathamensis Dell, 1956, =Pachymelon (Palomelon) grahami Powell, 1965, =Pachymelon (Palomelon) smithi Powell, 1950, =Pachymelon (Palomelon) wilsonae Powell, 1933, =Teremelon knoxi Dell, 1956
Height 90mm, Width 35mm, Marine, Endemic
Off eastern Otago, Chatham Rise and Auckland Islands to Campbell Plateau, 50-580 metres CFMAnE.
Provocator mirabilis Finlay, 1926
=Iredalina aurantia Powell, 1954, =Iredalina finlayi L.C. King, 1933, =Iredalina mirabilis Finlay, 1926, =Provocator (Iredalina) mirabilis (Finlay, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
Height 155mm, Width 50mm, Golden Volute, Marine, Endemic, White form occurs rarely off Auckland Islands
Off East Coast of North and South Island, and subantarctic islands ACFMAnE.- Zygomelon zodion Harasewych & Marshall, 1995
Height 75mm, Width 34mm, Marine, Endemic
Off SE New Zealand. Bounty Plateau & Trough, 734-1386 metres MAnE.
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