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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Solatisonax (Genus)
> sp. aff. alleryi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Granoheliacus Melone & Taviani, 1985
=Heliacus (Granoheliacus) Melone & Taviani, 1985
=Redivivus Melone & Taviani, 1985
Images: Solatisonax sp. aff. alleryi (Seguenza, 1876)
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Solatisonax (Genus)
> sp. aff. alleryi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Granoheliacus Melone & Taviani, 1985
=Heliacus (Granoheliacus) Melone & Taviani, 1985
=Redivivus Melone & Taviani, 1985
Details: Solatisonax sp. aff. alleryi (Seguenza, 1876)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.3mm
Distribution:
Western Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. Kermadec Islands. Sublittoral, 178-430 metres
Geographical Range:
K
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.179)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil