Architectonicidae

Architectonicidae
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
Gray, 1850
Genera

See text.

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 † Amphitomariidae Bandel, 1994 and † Cassianaxidae Bandel, 1996 belong to the same superfamily.

Genera

Genera within the family Architectonicidae include:[1][2]

A shell of Psilaxis oxytropis
  • 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

References

  1. "Architectonicidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 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.
  3. Mestayer (1930). Trans. New Zealand Inst. 61: 145.

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