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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Adelphotectonica (Genus)
> reevei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Architectonica (Adelphotectonica) Bieler, 1987
Synonymised Names:
=Architectonica offlexa Iredale, 1931
=Architectonica reevei (Hanley, 1862)
=Architectonica reevei venusta Kuroda in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
=Architectonica relata Iredale, 1936
=Solarium reevei Hanley, 1862
Images: Adelphotectonica reevei (Hanley, 1862)
Far North, in beach drift. 19mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Rarawa Beach, Far North, NZ. 16mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Rarawa Beach, Far North, NZ. 16mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Adelphotectonica (Genus)
> reevei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Architectonica (Adelphotectonica) Bieler, 1987
Synonymised Names:
=Architectonica offlexa Iredale, 1931
=Architectonica reevei (Hanley, 1862)
=Architectonica reevei venusta Kuroda in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
=Architectonica relata Iredale, 1936
=Solarium reevei Hanley, 1862
Details: Adelphotectonica reevei (Hanley, 1862)
Size/Grows to:
Width 28mm, Height 20mm
Distribution:
Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific. Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-805m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bieler, R. 1993 Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF), 30 (p.99)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.247)
  • Hanley, S. 1862 Description of new Solaria, chiefly in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1862(2) (p.204) 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