Pseudotorinia Explained

Pseudotorinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.^{[1] [2]}

Species

The following species are included in the genus Pseudotorinia:^{[3] [4]}

• Pseudotorinia "architae-group" (temporary name)
• Pseudotorinia aloysii (Selli, 1973)
• Pseudotorinia amoena (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
• Pseudotorinia architae (O. G. Costa, 1841)
• Pseudotorinia armillata Bieler, 1993
• Pseudotorinia bullisi Bieler, Merrill & Boss, 1985
• Pseudotorinia colmani (Garrard, 1977)
• Pseudotorinia concava (Thiele, 1925)
• Pseudotorinia delectabilis (Melvill, 1893)
• Pseudotorinia gemmulata (Thiele, 1925)
• Pseudotorinia jonasi Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
• Pseudotorinia kraussi J.E. Gray in M. E. Gray, 1850
• Pseudotorinia laseronorum (Iredale, 1936)
• Pseudotorinia numulus (Barnard, 1963)
• † Pseudotorinia obtusa (Bronn, 1831)
• Pseudotorinia panamensis (Bartsch, 1918)
• Pseudotorinia phorcysi Cavallari, Salvador & Simone, 2014
• Pseudotorinia sestertius Bieler, 1993
• Pseudotorinia yaroni Bieler, 1993

Species brought into synonymy:

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

References

• Mestayer, M. K. (1930). Notes on New Zealand Mollusca. No. 5. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 61: 144–146.

External links

• Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
• Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online.

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 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
3. Web site: Pseudotorinia Sacco, 1892. World Register of Marine Species. 7 January 2014.
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. Spixiana. 37. 1. 35–43. 0341-8391.