Species Architectonica grandiosa Iredale, 1931
Compiler and date details
2011 - Des Beechey & Winston Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney
- Architectonica grandiosa Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [228, pl. 25, figs 19-20].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.57773 dry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [33°52'58.8"S, 151°13'1.2"E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [61] (Give full synonymy)
Generic Combinations
- Solarium grandiosum (Iredale, 1931). —
Bayer, C. 1940. Catalogue of the Solariidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. I. Solarium s.s. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 22: 223-256 [226]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Architectonica taylori [misidentification. Not Solarium taylori Hanley, 1862. Is Architectonica grandiosa Iredale, 1931]. —
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [63, pl. 6, fig. 24] - Architectonica maxima [not Solarium maximum Philippi, 1849. Is Architectonica grandiosa Iredale, 1931]. —
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [34, pl. 13, figs 12-12a]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Bieler, 1993: distribution map fig. 50, p. 65. 'Apparently restricted to Australian region (other records in need of verification)'
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
'most records between 45 and 125 m'
History of changes
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