Discotectonica

Discotectonica
Shells of Discotectonica alfi (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Architectonicidae
Genus:	Discotectonica Marwick, 1931
Species
See text
Synonyms
Acutitectonica Habe, 1961 † Architectonica (Discotectonica) Marwick, 1931 superseded rank Russetia Garrard, 1961

Discotectonica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.

Distribution

This genus occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canaries and West African, in European waters (the Bay of Biscay) and the Mediterranean Sea.

Species

Species within the genus Discotectonica include:

• Discotectonica acutissima (Sowerby, 1914)
• Discotectonica alfi Thach, 2017
• † Discotectonica balcombensis (H. J. Finlay, 1927)
• Discotectonica discus (Philippi, 1844)
• † Discotectonica hokianga (Vella, 1954)
• † Discotectonica navidadensis Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1982
• Discotectonica nipponica (Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
• Discotectonica petasus (Tomlin, 1928)
• Discotectonica placentalis (Hinds, 1844)
• † Discotectonica platyplagia (Dell, 1952)
• † Discotectonica plicatula (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
• † Discotectonica pseudoperspective (Brocchi, 1814)
• † Discotectonica semisquamosa (Bronn, 1831)
• † Discotectonica seniscula (Marwick, 1931)
• † Discotectonica squamogranosa (Chapple, 1941)
• † Discotectonica wangaloiformis Lozouet, 1999

References

• Marwick, J. (1931). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177. 18: pls.
• Habe, T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
• Garrard, T. A. (1961). Mollusca collected by M. V. Challenge off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 1(5): 3-38, 2 pls.
• Bieler R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1-376 [15 December]. page(s): 116
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.