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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: CYMBIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Volutidae (Family)
> Cymbiinae (Subfamily)
> Alcithoe (Genus)
> arabica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alcithoe (Leporemax) Iredale, 1937
=Gilvostia Iredale, 1937
=Leporemax Iredale, 1937
=Pachymelon (Palomelon) Finlay, 1926
=Palomelon Finlay, 1926
=Voluta (Alcithoe) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Waihaoia (Palomelon) Finlay, 1926
=Waihaoia (Teremelon) Marwick, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=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
Images: Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
From off Bream Bay, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 151mm
From Porirua, Wellington. Found living from below low tide. 106mm
(swainsoni form) - Extinct form off the Three Kings Islands. 179mm
Egg case on Stiracolpus pagoda, Great Exhibition Bay, Far North, NZ. 8-10mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: CYMBIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Volutidae (Family)
> Cymbiinae (Subfamily)
> Alcithoe (Genus)
> arabica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alcithoe (Leporemax) Iredale, 1937
=Gilvostia Iredale, 1937
=Leporemax Iredale, 1937
=Pachymelon (Palomelon) Finlay, 1926
=Palomelon Finlay, 1926
=Voluta (Alcithoe) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Waihaoia (Palomelon) Finlay, 1926
=Waihaoia (Teremelon) Marwick, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=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
Details: Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Height 235mm, 103mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands
Notes:
Arabic Volute, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Grant-Mackie, J.A. Dec/2011 A Fossil Egg Case of Alcithoe arabica from the Whanganui Pleistocene, Poirieria, 36 (p.10)
  • Horne, C. Jul/2005 Observations on Alcithoe arabica at Bucklands Beach, Poirieria, 31 (p.21)
  • Bail, P., Limpus, A. 2005 A Conchological Iconography 11, The Recent Volutes of New Zealand, with a revision of the genus Alcithoe H. & A. Adams, 1853, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.19)
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.366)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.211)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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