Species Discotectonica petasus (Tomlin, 1928)
Compiler and date details
2011 - Des Beechey & Winston Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney
- Heliacus petasus Tomlin, J.R. le B. 1928. Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum, III. Revision of the South African Nassariidae (olim Nassidae). IV. Families Terebridae, Columbariidae, Thaididae, Architectonicidae. Annals of the South African Museum 25(2): 313-335, pl. 25-26 [334, pl. 26, fig. 4].
Type data:
Holotype A3579, Scottburgh, Republic of South Africa, 92 fathoms.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [134] (Gives full synonymy)
Generic Combinations
- Torinia petasus (Tomlin, 1928). —
Bayer, C. 1948. Catalogue of the Solariidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. III. Torinia. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 4: 3-44 [30] - Discotectonica petasus (Tomlin, 1928). —
Bieler, R. 1985. Die Gattungen der Architectonicidae (Gastropoda: "Heterogastropoda"). Teil 2: Architectonica, Philippia, Stellaxis, Discotectonica, Solatisonax, Climacopoma, Granosolarium. Arkiv für Molluskenkunde 115(4-6): 231-265, pls 1-5 [241]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Architectonica (Discotectonica) kuroharai [misidentification. Not Architectonica (Discotectonica) kuroharai Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961. Is Discotectonica petasus (Tomlin, 1928)]. —
Garrard, T.A. 1977 [1978]. A revision of Australian Architectonicidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 31(13): 506-584 [published 31 October 1978, cover date 30 September 1977] [509, fig. 7; 518, pl. 1, figs 10-12] - Architectonica acutissima auct. [misidentification. Not Solarium acutissimum Sowerby, 1914. Is Discotectonica petasus (Tomlin, 1928))]. —
Hinton, A.G. 1978. Guide to Australian Shells. Port Moresby : Robert Brown & Associates 82 pp. [pl. 10, fig. 6]
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
South Africa, East Africa; Bieler, 1993: distribution map fig. 110, pl. 136. 'Known from western Indian Ocean (South Africa, Reunion, Isles Glorieuses) and from western Pacific (Australia)'.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, sand.
General References
Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [134]
Garrard, T.A. 1977 [1978]. A revision of Australian Architectonicidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 31(13): 506-584 [published 31 October 1978, cover date 30 September 1977] [509] (As A. kuroharai)
History of changes
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