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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Psilaxis (Genus)
> radiatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Architectonica radiata Röding, 1798
=Philippia layardi A. Adams, 1855
=Philippia manifesta Iredale, 1931
=Philippia radiata (Röding, 1798)
=Philippia stipator Iredale, 1931
=Solarium (Philippia) cingulum (Kiener, 1839)
=Solarium (Philippia) cingulum var. subconcolor Martens, 1880
=Solarium (Philippia) hybridum var. australis Hanley, 1863
=Solarium (Philippia) hybridum var. undatum Hanley, 1863
=Solarium cingulum Kiener, 1839
=Solarium kowiensis W.H. Turton, 1932
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Psilaxis (Genus)
> radiatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Architectonica radiata Röding, 1798
=Philippia layardi A. Adams, 1855
=Philippia manifesta Iredale, 1931
=Philippia radiata (Röding, 1798)
=Philippia stipator Iredale, 1931
=Solarium (Philippia) cingulum (Kiener, 1839)
=Solarium (Philippia) cingulum var. subconcolor Martens, 1880
=Solarium (Philippia) hybridum var. australis Hanley, 1863
=Solarium (Philippia) hybridum var. undatum Hanley, 1863
=Solarium cingulum Kiener, 1839
=Solarium kowiensis W.H. Turton, 1932
Details: Psilaxis radiatus (Röding, 1798)
Size/Grows to:
Width 16mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast. Also Indo-Pacific from South Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaii and Marquesas
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S. Oct/1996 Psilaxis radiatus (Röding, 1789) (Gastropoda: Architectonicidae), Poirieria, 19 (p.24)
  • Bieler, R. 1993 Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF), 30 (p.117)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.248)

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