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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)
> fusus (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 (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
Images: Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
From Mahia, Napier. 70mm
From Mahia, Napier. 70mm
(hedleyi form) - Off Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf. 41mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: CYMBIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Volutidae (Family)
> Cymbiinae (Subfamily)
> Alcithoe (Genus)
> fusus (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 (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
Details: Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Size/Grows to:
Height 84mm, Width 35mm
Distribution:
North Island and South Island to Otago. In shallow water to about 50 fathoms
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.33)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.212)

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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