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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Pseudotorinia (Genus)
> amoena (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) Sacco, 1892
=Awarua Mestayer, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Omalaxis amoena Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Torinia elegantula Yokoyama, 1922
Images: Pseudotorinia amoena (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001680). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001680). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001680). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Pseudotorinia (Genus)
> amoena (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) Sacco, 1892
=Awarua Mestayer, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Omalaxis amoena Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Torinia elegantula Yokoyama, 1922
Details: Pseudotorinia amoena (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.5mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
Off Northland east coast to Bay of Plenty, 30-200 metres
Geographical Range:
AC
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.284)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.248)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.293) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
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