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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| A live individual of Architectonica perspectiva | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Architectonicoidea |
| Family: | Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 |
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The extinct families † Amphitomariidae Bandel, 1994 and † Cassianaxidae Bandel, 1996 belong to the same superfamily.
Genera
editGenera within the family Architectonicidae include:[1][2]
- Adelphotectonica Bieler, 1987
- Aguayodiscus Jaume & Borro, 1946
- Architectonica Röding, 1798 – type genus
- Awarua Mestayer, 1930[3]
- Basisulcata Melone & Taviani, 1985
- †Calodisculus Rehder, 1935
- †Climacopoma Fischer, 1885
- †Dinaxis Dall in Aldrich, 1895
- †Discotectonica Marwick, 1931
- †Disculus Deshayes, 1863
- †Eosolarium Chavan, 1947
- †Ewekorolaxis Adegoke, 1977
- Grandeliacus Iredale, 1957 represented as Heliacus (Grandeliacus) Iredale, 1957 (alternate representation)
- †Granoheliacus Melone & Taviani, 1985
- †Granosolarium Sacco, 1892
- Gyriscus Tiberi, 1867
- Heliacus d'Orbigny, 1842
- †Intitectonica Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1984
- †Nigerialaxis Adegoke, 1977
- †Nipteraxis Cossmann, 1916
- †Nodosolarium Sacco, 1892
- Paurodiscus Rehder, 1935
- Philippia J. E. Gray, 1847
- †Platylaxis Adegoke, 1977
- Pseudomalaxis P. Fischer, 1885
- †Pseudotorinia Sacco, 1892
- Psilaxis Woodring, 1928
- †Punjabia Eames, 1952
- Pyrgoheliacus Bieler, 1987
- RedivivusMelone & Taviani, 1985
- †Rinaldoconchus Bandel, 1988
- Solatisonax Iredale, 1931
- Spirolaxis di Monterosato, 1913
- †Stellaxis Dall, 1892
- Teretropoma Rochebrune, 1881 represented as Heliacus (Teretropoma) Rochebrune, 1881 (alternate representation)
- Torinista Iredale, 1936 represented as Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936 (alternate representation)
- †Trimalaxis Garvie, 1996
- †Wangaloa Finlay, 1927
- Zerotula Finlay, 1927
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Acutitectonica Habe, 1961: synonym of Discotectonica Marwick, 1931
- Astronacus Woodring, 1959: synonym of Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936
- Claraxis Iredale, 1936: synonym of Granosolarium Sacco, 1892
- Discosolis Dall, 1892: synonym of Pseudomalaxis P. Fischer, 1885
- Mangonuia Mestayer, 1930: synonym of Pseudomalaxis P. Fischer, 1885
- †Patulaxis Dall, 1892: synonym of † Climacopoma Fischer, 1885
- Russetia Garrard, 1961: synonym of Discotectonica Marwick, 1931
- †Solariaxis Dall, 1892 : synonym of Granosolarium Sacco, 1892
- Solarium Lamarck, 1799: synonym of Architectonica Röding, 1798
- Torinia Gray, 1842 : synonym of Heliacus d'Orbigny, 1842
References
edit- ^ "Architectonicidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mestayer (1930). Trans. New Zealand Inst. 61: 145.
- Bieler R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1–376
- Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397
- Marco Taviani, Revisione delle Architectonicidae del Mediterraneo; Milano, 1984
Further reading
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- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1