Pseudotorinia

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

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

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Species

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

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.