Pseudotorinia

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Pseudotorinia
Temporal range: Tertiary–Recent
Pseudotorinia amoena (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Architectonicoidea
Family: Architectonicidae
Genus: Pseudotorinia
Bronn, 1831
Type species
Solarium obtusum Bronn, 1831
Synonyms[1]
  • Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) Sacco, 1892
  • Awarua Mestayer, 1930
  • Pseudotorina [sic] (misspelling)

Pseudotorinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.[2][3]

Species[edit]

The following species are included in the genus Pseudotorinia:[1][4]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Pseudotorinia retifera (Dall, 1892): synonym of the Pseudotorinia "architae-group"

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Pseudotorinia Sacco, 1892". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. ^ Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 1101: 1–119. PDF.
  3. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Pseudotorinia Sacco, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137666 on 2014-08-23
  4. ^ Cavallari, D.C.; Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. "Taxonomical study on the Architectonicidae collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition to SE Brazil" (PDF). Spixiana. 37 (1): 35–43. ISSN 0341-8391.
  • Mestayer, M. K. (1930). Notes on New Zealand Mollusca. No. 5. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 61: 144–146.

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