WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB

Class: GASTROPODA
--- Taxon Tree: CAENOGASTROPODA [Subclass] - NEOGASTROPODA [Order] - MURICOIDEA [Superfamily]
------ Family: VOLUTIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 (Sea)
--------- SubFamily: CYMBIINAE
------------ Genus: Alcithoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

--------------- Species: Alcithoe arabica (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) - ID: 1982150005

Tasmania - 73,9 mm

synonyms:
Voluta elongata W.J. Swainson, 1821	Alcithoe pacifica G. Perry, 1810
Alcithoe rossiteri J.W. Brazier, 1898

Additional DB records:
New Zealand - 202 mm	Foveaux St.Southern New Zealand - 142 mm	Cape Coleville - New Zealand - 118 mm
Waikanae, New Zealand - 104.4 mm	New Zealand - 100 mm	New Zealand - 99.5 mm
New Zealand, Nothland, eastcoast - 97 mm	New Zealand - 96 mm	New Zealand - 93.1 mm
New Zealand - 92 mm	new ZealLand, Doubtless Bay - 83 mm	S.Australia - 78 mm
Northland.New Zealand - 74.9 mm	New Zealand - 52 mm	New Zealand, Northland - 103 mm
Trawled at 30m. Mew Zealand - 93,7 mm	New South Wales, Gunnedah	New Zealand
New Zealand, Auckland	New Zealand, Auckland, Cheltenham Beach	New Zealand, Bay of Plenty
New Zealand, beach at Tokerau, South Island	New Zealand, Cheltenham	New Zealand, Doubtless Bay
New Zealand, Kapo Wairua, Spirits Bay	New Zealand, Laings Beach, Mangawai, North Auckland	New Zealand, Manukau
New Zealand, McLeads Bay	New Zealand, Mount Maunganui	New Zealand, North Island
New Zealand, North Island, Coromandel Peninsula	New Zealand, North Island, Hawera	New Zealand, Off Plate Island
New Zealand, Opotiki, Bay of Plenty	New Zealand, Pakawau Beach, Collingswood, Nelson	New Zealand, Pandora, Spirits Bay, North Island
New Zealand, Tauranga bay	New Zealand, West side Wade River	New Zealand, Westport, South Island
Tasmania, Van Diemens Land

Image from Claudio Galli

Trawled at 30m. Mew Zealand - 93,7 mm

------------------ Sub or form: Alcithoe arabica depressa H.H. Suter, 1908 - ID: 1983754095

New Zealand - 104 mm

synonyms:

Alcithoe depressa H.H. Suter, 1908

Additional DB records:
north island new zealand - 96 mm	New Zealand, Northland, Doubtles - 83 mm	Northland.New Zealand - 81 mm
Northland.New Zealand - 78,99 mm

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------------------ Sub or form: Alcithoe arabica swainsoni J. Marwick, 1926 - ID: 1982150010

Florida - 105,6 mm

synonyms:

Alcithoe swainsoni J. Marwick, 1926

Additional DB records:
New Zealand - 174 mm	Timarn, New Zealand - 157 mm	New Zealand - 156 mm
New Zealand - 146 mm	E Otago, New Zealand - 140 mm	Welligton, New Zealand - 121,5 mm
Nueva Zelanda - 113,81 mm	New Zealand - 110,5 mm	Wellington, W.Coast, N.Zealand - 107,5 mm
Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 104 mm	New Zealand, Foreaux Strait - 103 mm	New Zealand - 102 mm
New Zealand - 100 mm	Northland, New Zealand - 98 mm	new zeland - 95 mm
N-Zealand - 90 mm	Northland New Zealand - 88,6 mm	New Zealand - 82 mm
New Zealand	Australia, New South Wales, Hokes Beach	Florida, Paraparouma, N Island
New Zealand, Bay of Plenty	New Zealand, E Otago Cont Shelf	New Zealand, E. Otago Cont. Shelf
New Zealand, Foveaux Straits, Waikawa, South Island	New Zealand, Hokeo Beach, Levin, North Island	New Zealand, Hokeo Beach, Levin, Northland
New Zealand, Mount Maunganui	New Zealand, North Island, Hokio, Wellington	New Zealand, Off East Cape
New Zealand, Ohope Beach	New Zealand, Ohope Beach, Bay of Plenty	New Zealand, Otago, South Island, Off Dunedin
New Zealand, Paekakariki Beach, Cook Strait	New Zealand, Stewart Island	New Zealand, Wellington

------------------ Sub or form: Alcithoe arabica swainsoni motutaraensis A.W.B. Powell, 1928 - ID: 1982150090

New Zealand - 107,4 mm

synonyms:

Alcithoe motutaraensis A.W.B. Powell, 1928

Additional DB records:
West Coast Is. Zeoland - 110 mm	New Zealand. Collected in surf zone off Waiuku Beach - 102 mm