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Alcithoe (Waihaoia)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Waihaoia was named by Marwick (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 728].

It was reranked as Alcithoe (Waihaoia) by Darragh and Kendrick (2008).

It was assigned to Alcithoinae by Fleming (1966); to Zidoninae by Beu et al. (1990); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alcithoe by Darragh and Kendrick (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Waihaoia Marwick
1966Waihaoia Fleming p. 66
1990Waihaoia Beu et al. p. 416
2002Waihaoia Sepkoski
2008Alcithoe (Waihaoia) Darragh and Kendrick p. 238

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusAlcithoeAdams and Adams 1853
subgenusWaihaoia(Marwick 1926)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Alcithoe (Waihaoia) Marwick 1926
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†Waihaoia formosa Laws 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 42.60000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3New Zealand (Canterbury) Waihaoia sp. (50147)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand Waihaoia suteri (64735)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand (Canterbury) Waihaoia confusa (50149)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand Waihaoia confusa (64748 67588) Waihaoia sp. (64738) Waihaoia suteri (64739 64745 64747 64750) Waihaoia thomsoni (64749)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Alcithoe pagodoides (179823 179824 179825)
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand Waihaoia formosa (64814)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Victoria) Alcithoe cribrosa, Alcithoe pagodoides (71236)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand Waihaoia tumidior (67854)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Alcithoe pagodoides (71237 72236)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Alcithoe neglectoides, Alcithoe pueblensis, Alcithoe pagodoides (71238)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) Waihaoia phymatias (35657)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Waihaoia amoriaformis, Waihaoia murdochi, Waihaoia firma, Waihaoia cognata (67897) Waihaoia murdochi, Waihaoia awamoaensis (67896)