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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
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)

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