Discotectonica

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

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

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 discus (Philippi, 1844)
• Discotectonica nipponica (Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
• Discotectonica petasus (Tomlin, 1928)
• Discotectonica placentalis (Hinds, 1844)
• Discotectonica pseudoperspective (Brocchi, 1814)

References

1. Bieler, R.; Gofas, S. (2012). Discotectonica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137662 on 2012-07-06

• 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.