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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Spirolaxis (Genus)
> argonauta (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 argonauta 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)
> argonauta (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 argonauta Bieler, 1993
Distribution:
Western Pacific. Kermadec Islands, from 366-512m
Type Data:
  • 380 metres, off Pratus Island (Tung-sha Tao), China Sea, (holotype, paratype)
  • 350-400 metres, E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
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.326) 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