Architectonica

Architectonica

A live individual of Architectonica perspectiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Architectonicoidea
Family:	Architectonicidae
Genus:	Architectonica Röding, 1798
Species
See text.

Architectonica perspectiva

Architectonica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following * Are included in the genus Architectonica ^[1]

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 Röding, 1798 - common sundial
Architectonica perdix (Hinds, 1844)
Architectonica perspectiva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Architectonica proestleri Alf & Kreipl, 2001
Architectonica purpurata (Hinds, 1844)
Architectonica stellata (Philippi, 1849)
Architectonica taylori (Hanley, 1862)
Architectonica trochlearis (Hinds, 1844)

Architectonica (Maxima-group) consobrina

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use ^[2]

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

References

"Architectonica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Bieler R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1-376 [15 December]. page(s): 36
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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