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Alcithoe (Alcithoe) pacifica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy

Voluta pacifica was named by Perry (1810). It is extant. It is the type species of Alcithoe, Alcithoe (Alcithoe).

It was recombined as Alcithoe (Alcithoe) pacifica by Cossmann (1899).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. arabica, A. armigera, A. compressa, A. cylindrica, A. familiaris, A. reflexa, A. separabilis, A. macrocephala, A. finlayi, A. fusus, A. lepida, A. neglecta, A. phymatias, A. scopi, A. cribrosa, A. neglectoides, A. pagodoides, A. pueblensis, A. neglectoides, A. pagodoides, A. pueblensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1810	Voluta pacifica Perry
1899	Alcithoe (Alcithoe) pacifica Cossmann

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Volutidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Zidoninae	Adams and A 1853
genus	Alcithoe	Adams and Adams 1853
subgenus	Alcithoe	Adams and Adams 1853
species	pacifica	(Perry 1810)

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.

Alcithoe (Alcithoe) pacifica Perry 1810

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available