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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)
> benthicola (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:
=Pachymelon (Palomelon) benthicola Dell, 1963
Images: Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
Holotype of Pachymelon benthicolus, collected 30 Sep 1962, E of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.016276). ~230mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Trawled in approx. 500 metres, Bay of Plenty, NZ. ~230mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: CYMBIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Volutidae (Family)
> Cymbiinae (Subfamily)
> Alcithoe (Genus)
> benthicola (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:
=Pachymelon (Palomelon) benthicola Dell, 1963
Details: Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
Size/Grows to:
Height 260mm, Width 145mm
Distribution:
Off Northland east coast to Bay of Plenty, Aldermen Islands and White Island. Trawled from 400-800 metres on muddy substrate
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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.23)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.210)
  • Dell, R.K. 1963 Archibenthal Mollusca from northern New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3(6) (p.213) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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