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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:
Indian Ocean, Western Pacific and North-eastern North Island as far south as Plate Island, from 37-201m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype of Omalaxis amoena Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
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.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

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
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