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Family: Architectonicidae Sundial shells



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194 species (see list below)
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Adelphotectonica kuroharai
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Adelphotectonica reevei
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Architectonica acutissima
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Architectonica arcana
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Architectonica asperum
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Architectonica consobrina
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Architectonica fressa
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Architectonica fuliginosum
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Architectonica gothica
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Architectonica grandiosa
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Architectonica gualtierii
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Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean.

Architectonica krebsiiMorch, 1875

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Architectonica krebsii
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Architectonica kuroharai
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Architectonica laevigata
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Architectonica maculata
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FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHD
Architectonica maxima(Philippi, 1849)

Photo by FAO
 
Architectonica maxima
[Giant sundial]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Central Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm SHD
Architectonica modesta(Philippi, 1848)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Architectonica modesta
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Architectonica nobilis
[Common sundial]
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Architectonica nomotoi
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Architectonica offlexa
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Architectonica pentacyclota
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Architectonica perdix
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Architectonica perpectiva
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHL
Architectonica perspectiva(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Architectonica perspectiva
[Clear sundial]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm SHD
 
Architectonica picta
[Pictorial sundial]
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Architectonica placentalis
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Architectonica proestleri
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Architectonica radialis
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Architectonica relata
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Architectonica sunderlandi
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 7 cm SHD
Architectonica trochlearis(Hinds, 1844)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Architectonica trochlearis
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Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Architectonica uruguaya
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Architectonica valenciennesii
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Architectonica wroblewskyi
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Basisulcata lepida
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Max. Length 4 cm SHD
 
Discotectonica acutissima
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Discotectonica discus
[Keeled sundial]
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Grandeliacus mortensenae
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Granosolarium gemmiferum
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Gyriscus hayashii
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Heliacus africanus
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Heliacus areola
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Heliacus asteleformis
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Heliacus bicanaliculatus
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Heliacus bisulcatus
[Beaded sundial]
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Heliacus caelatus
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Heliacus canariensis
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Heliacus chiquita
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Heliacus colmani
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Heliacus contextus
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Heliacus corallinus
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Heliacus crystallina
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Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 1 cm DL
Heliacus cylindricus(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Heliacus cylindricus
[Atlantic cylinder sundial]
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Heliacus delphinuloides
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Heliacus discoideus
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Max. Length 1.5 cm SHD
 
Heliacus dorsuosus
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Heliacus fallaciosus
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Heliacus fenestratus
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Heliacus geminus
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Heliacus hadleyi
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Heliacus hyperionis
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Pacific Ocean

Heliacus implexus(Mighels, 1845)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Heliacus implexus
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Heliacus infundibuliformis
[Channeled sundial]
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Heliacus jeffreysianus
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Heliacus maorianus
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific

Heliacus mazatlanicusPilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Heliacus mazatlanicus
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Heliacus mighelsi
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Heliacus nereidis
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Heliacus numulus
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Heliacus obolos
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Heliacus oceanitis
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Heliacus panamensis
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Heliacus perrieri
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Heliacus petasus
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Heliacus planispira
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Heliacus proteus
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Heliacus riisei
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Heliacus rotula
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Heliacus smithae
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Heliacus sterkii
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Heliacus trochoides
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Heliacus turritus
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific. Tropical t
Max. Length 2 cm ShD
Heliacus variegatus(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Heliacus variegatus
[Variegated sundial shell]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Heliacus worsfoldi
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Mangonuia bollonsi
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Philippia hybrida
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Philippia layardi
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Grist, John and Maria

Southwest Pacific

Philippia lutea(Lamarck, 1822)

Photo by Grist, John and Maria
 
Philippia lutea
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Philippia manifesta
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Philippia stipator
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Pseudomalaxis actoni
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Pseudomalaxis nobilis
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Pseudomalaxis solaris
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Pseudomalaxis thetidis
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Pseudomalaxis zanclaeus
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Pseudomalaxis zancleus
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Pseudotorinia amoena
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Pseudotorinia architae
[Noduled sundial]
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Pseudotorinia armillata
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Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Pseudotorinia bullisi
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Pseudotorinia concava
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Pseudotorinia delectabilis
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Pseudotorinia gemmulata
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Pseudotorinia numulus
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Pseudotorinia retifera
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Pseudotorinia sestertius
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Pseudotorinia yaroni
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Psilaxis krebsii
[Smooth sundial]
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Max. Length 2 cm SHD
 
Psilaxis oxytropis
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Max. Length 2.5 cm SHD
 
Psilaxis radiatus
[Yellow sundial]
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Russetia dilaniatus
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Solarium abyssorum
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Solarium admirandum
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Solarium aethiops
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Solarium alfredensis
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Solarium asperum
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Solarium atkinsoni
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Solarium australe
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Solarium caelatum
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Solarium cerdaleum
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Solarium certesi
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Solarium chetnitzii
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Solarium cingulum
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Solarium cumingii
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Solarium delectabile
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Solarium dilectum
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Solarium dollfusi
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Solarium dunkeri
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Solarium enoshimense
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Solarium fenestratum
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Solarium formosum
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Solarium fragile
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Solarium fuliginosum
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Solarium fulvum
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Solarium granosum
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Solarium granulatum
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Solarium hanleyi
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Solarium herberti
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Solarium implexum
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Solarium impressum
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Solarium incisum
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Solarium kowiensis
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Solarium luteum
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Solarium maculatum
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Solarium modestum
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Solarium nubilum
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Solarium ordinarium
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Solarium peracutum
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Solarium perdix
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Solarium pictum
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Solarium pulchellum
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Solarium purpuratum
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Solarium quadriceps
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Solarium radiatum
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Solarium rosuletum
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Solarium sigsbeei
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Solarium soverbii
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Solarium stellatum
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Solarium striatum
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Solarium supraradiatum
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Solarium taylori
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Solarium tessellatum
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Solarium trisulcatum
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Solarium trochleare
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Solarium tryoni
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Solarium verrucosum
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Solarium virgatum
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Solarium virginae
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Solarium zonatum
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Solatisonax acutecarinata
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Solatisonax alleryi
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Solatisonax bannocki
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Solatisonax borealis
[Boreal sundial]
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Solatisonax injussa
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Solatisonax propinqua
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Solatisonax rehderi
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Spirolaxis argonauta
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Spirolaxis centrifuga
[Exquisite false-dial]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Spirolaxis clenchi
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Spirolaxis cornuarietis
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Spirolaxis exornatus
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Spirolaxis lamellifer
[Lamellate false-dial]
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Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea
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Torinia aequatorialis
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Torinia concava
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Torinia costata
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Torinia densegranosa
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Torinia foveolata
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Torinia gemmulata
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Torinia madurensis
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Torinia malani
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Torinia mirabilis
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Torinista laseronorum
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Torinista popula
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