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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Spirolaxis (Genus)
> cornuarietis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aguayodiscus Jaume & Borro, 1946
=Paurodiscus Rehder, 1935
=Pseudomalaxis (Paurodiscus) Rehder, 1935
=Pseudomalaxis (Spirolaxis) Monterosato, 1913 (original rank as subgenus)
=Spirolaxis (Aguayodiscus) Jaume & Borro, 1946
Images: Spirolaxis cornuarietis Bieler, 1993
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Spirolaxis (Genus)
> cornuarietis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aguayodiscus Jaume & Borro, 1946
=Paurodiscus Rehder, 1935
=Pseudomalaxis (Paurodiscus) Rehder, 1935
=Pseudomalaxis (Spirolaxis) Monterosato, 1913 (original rank as subgenus)
=Spirolaxis (Aguayodiscus) Jaume & Borro, 1946
Details: Spirolaxis cornuarietis Bieler, 1993
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
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.328) Original Description

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