Discotectonica
Genus of gastropods
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Discotectonica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Architectonicidae |
| Genus: | Discotectonica Marwick, 1931 |
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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