Alcithoe

Alcithoe
File:Alcithoe arabica (smooth form).JPG
Alcithoe arabica (smooth form)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Species
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For the mythological daughter of Minyas sometimes called Alcithoe, see Minyades.

Alcithoe is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Species

Species within the genus Alcithoe include:

• Alcithoe aillaudorum (Bouchet, Ph. & G.T. Poppe, 1988)
• Alcithoe albescens Bail & Limpus, 2005
• Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin, 1791)
• Alcithoe benthicola (Dell, 1963)
• Alcithoe colesae Bail & Limpus, 2005
• Alcithoe chathamensis (Dell, 1956)
• Alcithoe davegibbsi (Hart,1999)
• Alcithoe fissurata (Dell, 1963)
• Alcithoe flemingi Dell, 1978 photo
• Alcithoe fusus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• Alcithoe grahami (Powell, 1965)
• Alcithoe haurakiensis Dell, 1956
• Alcithoe hedleyi (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
• Alcithoe jaculoides Powell, 1924 - synonym: Alcithoe calva Powell, 1928
• Alcithoe knoxi (Dell, 1956)
• Alcithoe larochei Marwick, 1926
• Alcithoe lutea (Watson, 1882)
• Alcithoe ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937)
• Alcithoe pacifica
• Alcithoe pseudolutea
• Alcithoe seelyeorum Bail & Limpus, 2005
• Alcithoe smithi (Powell, 1950)
• Alcithoe tigrina Bail & Limpus, 2005
• Alcithoe triregensis Bail & Limpus, 2005
• Alcithoe wilsonae (Powell, 1933)

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