Overview
Distribution
Aldabra, Chagos, Mozambique, Red Sea, Tanzania
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MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6266
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Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5987
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Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5903
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Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5905
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Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5906
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World Register of Marine Species
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Physical Description
Diagnostic Description
Description
Shell up to 5 cm diameter. Colour white to yellowish-brown, lighter at the edges and beneath. Operculum horny and dark brown. Habitat: fine sand in lower eulittoral zone. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997).
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Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6066
© WoRMS for SMEBD
Source:
World Register of Marine Species
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 27 specimens in 2 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1.5 - 128
Temperature range (°C): 25.857 - 25.857
Nitrate (umol/L): 3.610 - 3.610
Salinity (PPS): 34.451 - 34.451
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.008 - 4.008
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.392 - 0.392
Silicate (umol/l): 4.097 - 4.097
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 1.5 - 128
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1.5 - 128
Temperature range (°C): 25.857 - 25.857
Nitrate (umol/L): 3.610 - 3.610
Salinity (PPS): 34.451 - 34.451
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.008 - 4.008
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.392 - 0.392
Silicate (umol/l): 4.097 - 4.097
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 1.5 - 128
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Wikipedia
Architectonica perspectiva
Architectonica perspectiva, common name the clear or perspective sundial shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Architectonicidae, which are known as the staircase shells or sundials.
References
- ^ "World Register of Marine Species". 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
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