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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
In beach drift, Rarawa Beach, Far North, NZ. 16mm
In beach drift, Rarawa Beach, Far North, NZ. 16mm
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:
Northland to Bay of Plenty. Also Kermadec Islands and New South Wales, Australia
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
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

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil