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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Spirolaxis (Genus)
> rotulacatharinea (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
Synonymised Names:
=Homalaxis rotula-catharinea Melvill & Standen, 1903
=Pseudomalaxis roddai Ladd, 1982
=Pseudomalaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
=Pseudomalaxis thetidis Garrard, 1978
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Spirolaxis (Genus)
> rotulacatharinea (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
Synonymised Names:
=Homalaxis rotula-catharinea Melvill & Standen, 1903
=Pseudomalaxis roddai Ladd, 1982
=Pseudomalaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
=Pseudomalaxis thetidis Garrard, 1978
Details: Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.4mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific. Kermadec Islands, from 700-772m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Bieler, R. 1993 Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF), 30 (p.322)
  • Melvill, J., Standen, R. 1903 Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901–1903, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7(12) 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