''Pseudotorinia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Architectonicidae
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, the staircase shells or sundials.
[Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". '']Zootaxa
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PDF
[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]
Species
The following species are included in the genus ''Pseudotorinia'':
* ''
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 plsGofas, 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: 180-213Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online.
Architectonicidae
Cenozoic first appearances
Gastropod genera
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