Architectonicoidea

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Architectonicoidea
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A live individual of Architectonica perspectiva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Architectonicoidea
Gray, 1850

Architectonicoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia. [1]

This superfamily contains the extant family Architectonicidae and also contains the extinct families Amphitomariidae and Cassianaxidae. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1–2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278