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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)
> lutea (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:
=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)
Images: Alcithoe lutea (R.B. Watson, 1882)
Collected in 450-500 metres, off Karamea Bight, Northern Westland, NZ. 85mm
NW Challenger Plateau ~580m, May-Jun 2007. © Matthew Jones
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: CYMBIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Volutidae (Family)
> Cymbiinae (Subfamily)
> Alcithoe (Genus)
> lutea (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:
=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)
Details: Alcithoe lutea (R.B. Watson, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Height 85mm, Width 38mm
Distribution:
Endemic to the Challenger Plateau and vicinity, 400-600 metres
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.48)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.210)

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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