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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Granosolarium (Genus)
> asperum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Claraxis Iredale, 1936
=Heliacus (Claraxis) Iredale, 1936
=Solariaxis Dall, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Architectonica aspera (Hinds, 1844)
=Claraxis illustris Iredale, 1936
=Heliacus asper (Hinds, 1844)
=Heliacus dilecta (Deshayes, 1863)
=Mangonuia kerensis Ladd, 1982
=Solarium (Torinia) admirandum Melvill & Standen, 1903
=Solarium asperum Hinds, 1944
=Solarium dilectum Deshayes, 1863
=Torinia aspera (Hinds, 1844)
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Granosolarium (Genus)
> asperum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Claraxis Iredale, 1936
=Heliacus (Claraxis) Iredale, 1936
=Solariaxis Dall, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Architectonica aspera (Hinds, 1844)
=Claraxis illustris Iredale, 1936
=Heliacus asper (Hinds, 1844)
=Heliacus dilecta (Deshayes, 1863)
=Mangonuia kerensis Ladd, 1982
=Solarium (Torinia) admirandum Melvill & Standen, 1903
=Solarium asperum Hinds, 1944
=Solarium dilectum Deshayes, 1863
=Torinia aspera (Hinds, 1844)
Details: Granosolarium asperum (Hinds, 1844)
Size/Grows to:
Width 8.5mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
Indian Ocean and western and central Pacific. North-eastern North Island as far south as Bay of Islands, from 58-163m
Type Data:
  • 82 metres, Crowdy Head, New South Wales, Australia, (holotype)
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.143)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.247)
  • Garrard, T.A. 1978 A revision of Australian Architectonicidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca), Records of the Australian Museum, 31 (p.554)
  • Hinds, R.B. 1844 Description of new species of shells, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 12 (p.23) 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