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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Adelphotectonica (Genus)
> nomotoi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Architectonica (Adelphotectonica) Bieler, 1987
Synonymised Names:
=Architectonica nomotoi Kosuge, 1979
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Adelphotectonica (Genus)
> nomotoi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Architectonica (Adelphotectonica) Bieler, 1987
Synonymised Names:
=Architectonica nomotoi Kosuge, 1979
Details: Adelphotectonica nomotoi (Kosuge, 1979)
Size/Grows to:
Width 16mm
Distribution:
Southern Africa and central and western Pacific. North-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 94-188m
Type Data:
  • 270 metres, off Midway Island, North Pacific Ocean, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Description:
Proxumbilical rib absent

Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bieler, R. 1993 Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF), 30 (p.107)
  • Kosuge, S. 1979 Report on the Mollusca on guyots from the Central Pacific collected by the 2nd and 3rd cruises of R/V Kaiyomaru in 1972 to 73 with descriptions of twelve new species, Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo, 1(2) (p.33) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil