''Solatisonax'' is a

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of sea snails,

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gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the

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Architectonicidae 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. The extinct families † Amph ...

, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". ''

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Species

According to the

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, the following species are included in the genus ''Solatisonax'': *''

Solatisonax acutecarinata ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' (Thiele, 1925) *''

Solatisonax alleryi ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' ( Seguenza G., 1876) *''

Solatisonax atkinsoni ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1891) *''

Solatisonax borealis ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880) *''

Solatisonax cabrali ''Solatisonax cabrali'' is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials. Taxonomy The description of ''Solatisonax cabrali'' by Tenório and colleagues, in 2011, ...

'' Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011 *''

Solatisonax certesi ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) *''

Solatisonax contexta ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant ...

'' (G. Seguenza, 1876) *''

Solatisonax dollfusi ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) *''

Solatisonax hemisphaerica ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' (Seguenza, 1876) *''

Solatisonax injussa ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' Iredale, 1931 *''

Solatisonax kilburni ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' Bieler, 1993 *''

Solatisonax orba ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant ...

'' Bieler, 1993 *''

Solatisonax propinqua ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' Bieler, 1993 *''

Solatisonax radialis ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' (Dall, 1908) *''

Solatisonax rehderi ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' Bieler, 1993 *''

Solatisonax rudigerbieleri ''Solatisonax rudigerbieleri'' is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks ( ...

'' Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011 *''

Solatisonax sigsbeei ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...

'' (Dall, 1889) *''

Solatisonax supraradiata ''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the ...

'' (Martens, 1904) Species brought into synonymy include: *''Solatisonax bannocki'' (Melone & Taviani, 1980): synonym of ''

'' (Seguenza, 1876)

References

* Melone G. & Taviani M. (1985). Revisione delle Architectonicidae del Mediterraneo. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21: 149–192

External links

Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. Nº I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18(4): 201–235

Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) – The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
Architectonicidae {{Heterobranchia-stub