''Architectonica'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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 † Amphit ...

Species

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, the following species are included in the genus Architectonica: * '' Architectonica arcana'' Bieler, 1993 * '' Architectonica consobrina'' Bieler, 1993 * '' Architectonica grandiosa ''Iredale, 1931 * '' Architectonica gualtierii'' Bieler, 1993 * '' Architectonica karsteni'' Rutsch, 1934 * '' Architectonica laevigata'' (Lamarck) * '' Architectonica maculata'' (Link, 1807) * '' Architectonica maxima'' (Philippi, 1849) * '' Architectonica modesta'' (Philippi, 1848) * ''

Architectonica nobilis ''Architectonica'' is a genus of sea snails in the family Architectonicidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Architectonica: * '' Architectonica arcana'' Bieler, 1993 * ...

'' Röding, 1798 - common sundial * '' Architectonica perdix'' (Hinds, 1844) * ''

Architectonica perspectiva ''Architectonica perspectiva'', whose common name is the clear or perspective sundial shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family Architectonicidae, which are known as the staircase shells or sundi ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Architectonica proestleri'' Alf & Kreipl, 2001 * '' Architectonica purpurata'' (Hinds, 1844) * '' Architectonica stellata'' (Philippi, 1849) * '' Architectonica taylori'' (Hanley, 1862) * '' Architectonica trochlearis'' (Hinds, 1844) Architectonica consobrina 003

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use OBIS : Architectonica
/ref> *'' Architectonica bairdii'' (Sowerby, 1866) * '' Architectonica biangulatum'' (Gray, 1826) * '' Architectonica impressum'' (Nevill, 1869) * Architectonica (maxima-group) Bieler, 1993 * Architectonica (perspectiva-group) Bieler, 1993 * ''Architectonica'' (''Adelphotectonica'') ''kuroharai''(Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961-a) Species in the genus ''Architectonica'' include: * '' Architectonica acuta'' * ''

Architectonica acutissima ''Architectonica'' is a genus of sea snails in the family (biology), family Architectonicidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Architectonica: * ''Architectonica arcana ...

'' * '' Architectonica amoena'' * '' Architectonica bellistriata'' * '' Architectonica briarti'' * '' Architectonica carocollata'' * '' Architectonica cingulatum'' * '' Architectonica cognata'' * '' Architectonica cyclostomum'' * '' Architectonica euprepes'' * '' Architectonica fimbiaea'' * '' Architectonica fuliginosum'' * '' Architectonica geminicostata'' * '' Architectonica guppyi'' * '' Architectonica krebsii'' * '' Architectonica kurodae'' * '' Architectonica lutea'' * '' Architectonica marwicki'' * '' Architectonica mediterraneum'' * '' Architectonica meekana'' * '' Architectonica melajoensis'' * '' Architectonica millegranum'' * '' Architectonica millegranum subcanaliculatum'' * '' Architectonica neerlandica'' * '' Architectonica peracuta'' ( Dall, 1889) * '' Architectonica planorbis'' * '' Architectonica planulata'' * '' Architectonica quadriseriata'' * '' Architectonica quinquesulcata'' * '' Architectonica regia'' * '' Architectonica scrobiculata'' * '' Architectonica simplex'' * '' Architectonica sindermanni'' * '' Architectonica uruguaya'' * '' Architectonica voragiformis'' ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Architectonica gothica'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Heliacus (Grandeliacus) stramineus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Architectonica granulata'' (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of ''Architectonica nobilis'' Röding, 1798 * ''Architectonica kuroharai'' Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961: synonym of '' Adelphotectonica kuroharai'' (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961) * ''Architectonica nomotoi'' Kosuge, 1979: synonym of '' Adelphotectonica nomotoi'' (Kosuge, 1979) * ''Architectonica offlexa'' Iredale, 1931: synonym of '' Adelphotectonica reevei'' (Hanley, 1862) * ''Architectonica pentacyclota'' Azuma, 1973: synonym of '' Adelphotectonica kuroharai'' (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961) * ''Architectonica picta'' (Philippi, 1849): synonym of ''Architectonica maculata'' (Link, 1807) * ''Architectonica placentalis'' (Hinds, 1844): synonym of '' Discotectonica placentalis'' (Hinds, 1844) * † ''Architectonica pseudoperspectiva'' (Brocchi, 1814): synonym of † '' Discotectonica pseudoperspective'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''Architectonica radialis'' Dall, 1908: synonym of '' Solatisonax radialis'' (Dall, 1908) * ''Architectonica radiata'' Röding, 1798: synonym of '' Psilaxis radiatus'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Architectonica reevei'' (Hanley, 1862): synonym of '' Adelphotectonica reevei'' (Hanley, 1862) * ''Architectonica relata'' Iredale, 1936: synonym of '' Adelphotectonica reevei'' (Hanley, 1862) * ''Architectonica sindermanni'' Merrill & Boss, 1984: synonym of '' Adelphotectonica uruguaya'' (Carcelles, 1953) * ''Architectonica sunderlandi'' Petuch, 1987: synonym of '' Adelphotectonica uruguaya'' (Carcelles, 1953) * ''Architectonica valenciennesii'' Mörch, 1859: synonym of ''

'' Röding, 1798 * ''Architectonica wroblewskyi'' Mörch, 1875: synonym of ''Architectonica nobilis'' Röding, 1798

References

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* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Bieler R. (1993). ''Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda)''. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1-376 5 December page(s): 36 * Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q1940514 Architectonicidae