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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Heliacus (Genus)
> areola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gyriscus Tiberi, 1867 accepted, alternate representation
=Heliacus (Gyriscus) Tiberi, 1867
=Heliacus (Heliacus) d'Orbigny, 1842
=Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936 accepted, alternate representation
=Trochus (Heliacus) d'Orbigny, 1842
=Torinista Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Heliacus (Heliacus) areola (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
=Heliacus (Heliacus) areola areola (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
=Heliacus areola areola (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
=Solarium perspectiviunculum var. pallida Philippi, 1853
=Torinia gyrus Bayer, 1948
=Trochus areola Gmelin, 1791
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Heliacus (Genus)
> areola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gyriscus Tiberi, 1867 accepted, alternate representation
=Heliacus (Gyriscus) Tiberi, 1867
=Heliacus (Heliacus) d'Orbigny, 1842
=Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936 accepted, alternate representation
=Trochus (Heliacus) d'Orbigny, 1842
=Torinista Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Heliacus (Heliacus) areola (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
=Heliacus (Heliacus) areola areola (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
=Heliacus areola areola (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
=Solarium perspectiviunculum var. pallida Philippi, 1853
=Torinia gyrus Bayer, 1948
=Trochus areola Gmelin, 1791
Details: Heliacus areola (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Width 15mm
Distribution:
Continuous range from African east coast to central Pacific. Northland NZ
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.191)

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