Hortia aotearoa Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hortia aotearoa Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
- Name authority
- Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Pyramimitridae
- Genus
- Hortia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassCaenogastropoda L. R. Cox, 1960
- orderNeogastropoda Wenz, 1938
- superfamilyMitroidea Swainson, 1831
- familyPyramimitridae Cossmann, 1901
- subfamilyPyramimitrinae Cossmann, 1901
- genusHortia Lozouet, 1999
- speciesHortia aotearoa Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hortia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hortia arriuensis Lozouet, 1999 | PyramimitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hortia marshalli Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014 | PyramimitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hortia paradrillia Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014 | PyramimitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hortia solitaria Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014 | PyramimitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Kantor, Y., Lozouet, P., Puillandre, N., & Bouchet, P. (2014). Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa, 3754. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3754.3.2 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3MQG6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.