Architectonicidae

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Architectonicidae
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Solatisonax rudigerbieleri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Architectonicoidea
Family: Architectonicidae
Gray, 1850
Genera

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Architectonicidae, common name the staircase shells or sundials, are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia (= Allogastropoda) of the clade Heterobranchia.

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The extinct families † Amphitomariidae Bandel, 1994 and † Cassianaxidae Bandel, 1996 belong to the same superfamily.

Genera

Genera within the family Architectonicidae include: [1] [2]

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A shell of Heliacus variegatus
Genera brought into synonymy

References

  1. "Architectonicidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Bieler R. & Petit R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 1101: 1–119. PDF.
  3. Mestayer (1930). Trans. New Zealand Inst.61: 145.

Further reading