Species List for Family: Architectonicidae
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- Adelphotectonica nomotoi (Kosuge, 1979)
Width 16mm
Marine, Proxumbilical rib absent
Known from disjunct localities in southern Africa, New Caledonia, New Zealand and the Midway Islands. Sublittoral to upper bathyal (depth records between 74 and 430 metres), live records from 100-115 metres
A - Adelphotectonica reevei (Hanley, 1862)
Width 28mm, Height 20mm
Marine
Northland to Bay of Plenty. Also Kermadec Islands and New South Wales, Australia
KA
- Architectonica maxima (Philippi, 1849)
Marine
South Africa - W Pacific, Hawaii, E Australia, Kermadec Islands
K - Granosolarium asperum (Hinds, 1844)
Width 8.5mm, Height 4mm
Marine
Northland to Bay of Plenty. Also New South Wales, Australia
A - Heliacus areola (Gmelin, 1791)
Width 15mm
Marine
Continuous range from African east coast to central Pacific. Northland NZ
A - Heliacus asteleformis (Powell, 1965)
Height 8mm, Width 7.5mm
Marine
Kermadec Islands, Wanganella Bank. Between Cape Maria van Diemen and Three Kings Islands
KA
- Heliacus costatus (Schepman, 1909)
Width 9mm
Marine
Philippines to Australia and New Zealand. Northland
A - Heliacus hyperionis Bieler, 1993
Width 7.4mm
Marine
Off Australia and New Zealand. Three Kings Islands, Northland to East Cape, 36-200+ metres
A - Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845)
Width 11.8mm, Height 6.5mm
Marine
Off Northland east coast. Also Norfolk and Kermadec Islands
KA
- Philippia lutea (Lamarck, 1822)
Width 13mm, Height 12mm
Marine
Northland to Bay of Plenty and Mahia. Recently also recorded just north of Castlepoint. Also Australia, NSW south to WA, including Tasmania, and Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands
AC
- Pseudomalaxis zanclaeus meridionalis (Hedley, 1903)
Width 16mm, Height 5mm
Marine
North Island. Off North Cape to Bay of Plenty
A
- Pseudotorinia amoena (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Width 5.5mm, Height 2mm
Marine
Off Northland east coast to Bay of Plenty, 30-200 metres
AC
- Psilaxis oxytropis (A. Adams, 1855)
Width 17mm, Height 12mm
Marine, Larger protoconch than Psilaxis radiatus
Northland east coast to East Cape. Also central and western Pacific, New Caledonia
KA
- Psilaxis radiatus (Röding, 1798)
Width 16mm
Marine
Northland east coast. Also Indo-Pacific from South Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaii and Marquesas
A - Solatisonax cf. supraradiata (Martens, 1904)
Width 6.5mm
Marine
Off Three Kings Islands to Ranfurly Bank, East Cape
A - Solatisonax injussa Iredale, 1931
Width 26mm
Marine
Southwest Pacific. Australia and Kermadec Islands
K - Solatisonax sp. aff. alleryi (Seguenza, 1876)
Width 5.3mm
Marine
Western Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. Kermadec Islands. Sublittoral, 178-430 metres
K - Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Width 4.4mm
Marine
Gulf of Oman, SE Rep. South Africa to Hawaii and Kermadec Islands
K
Key to 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
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