Discotectonica

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Discotectonica
Shells of Discotectonica alfi (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Architectonicoidea
Family:	Architectonicidae
Genus:	Discotectonica Marwick, 1931
Species
See text
Synonyms
Acutitectonica Habe, 1961 Russetia Garrard, 1961

Discotectonica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.^[1]

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:

• (Sowerby, 1914)
• Thach, 2017
• (Philippi, 1844)
• (Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
• (Tomlin, 1928)
• (Hinds, 1844)
• (Brocchi, 1814)

References[]

• Bieler R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1-376 [15 December]. page(s): 116
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.