Architectonica chiraensis Olsson 1928 (sundial)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)

Belongs to Architectonica according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Olsson 1928

Sister taxa: Architectonica (Adelphotectonica), Architectonica (Architectonica), Architectonica (Granosolarium), Architectonica (Solariaxis), Architectonica (Stellaxis), Architectonica (Stellaxis) elaborata, Architectonica acuta, Architectonica affinis, Architectonica alabamensis, Architectonica amoena, Architectonica asseezi, Architectonica bajaensis, Architectonica bellastriata, Architectonica bieleri, Architectonica blanda, Architectonica carocollata, Architectonica compressa, Architectonica dehmi, Architectonica fungina, Architectonica gemma, Architectonica higazii, Architectonica hornii, Architectonica jabonillensis, Architectonica mainwaringi, Architectonica meekana, Architectonica narica, Architectonica nigeriensis, Architectonica nitens, Architectonica nobilis, Architectonica perdix, Architectonica perspectiva, Architectonica saghaensis, Architectonica simiensis, Architectonica sullana, Architectonica tuberculata, Architectonica ullreyana, Architectonica veatchii, Architectonica weaveri

Type specimen: Its type locality is 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley, which is in a Priabonian marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Peru (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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