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Alcithoe (Alcithoe)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Alcithoe (Alcithoe) was named by Adams and Adams (1853). It is extant. Its type is Voluta pacifica.

It was assigned to Alcithoe by Adams and Adams (1853).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Alcithoe (Alcithoe) Adams and Adams p. 164

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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
subgenusAlcithoeAdams and Adams 1853

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 (Alcithoe) Adams and Adams 1853
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†Alcithoe (Alcithoe) amundseni Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Alcithoe amundseni (63551)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (New South Wales) Alcithoe macrocephala (72190)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Alcithoe macrocephala (72235)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Alcithoe sp. (45029 45031)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Tasmania) Alcithoe orphanta (63702 63704)