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Architectonica nobilis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae

Taxonomy

Architectonica nobilis was named by Röding (1798) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pleistocene; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis by Woodring (1959), Jung (1971) and Perrilliat (1972).

Subspecies

Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis karsteni (syn. Architectonica sexlinearis haughti), Solarium granulatum gatunensis

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. aldrichi, A. bellistriata, A. bicingulata, A. caelatura, A. chipolana, A. congnata, A. cossmanni, A. distinguinda, A. fimbriaea, A. geminicostata, A. granulosa, A. huppertzi, A. marthae, A. marwicki, A. plicata, A. plicatula, A. prosemisquamosa, A. reklawensis, A. simplex, A. textilina, A. billmoorei, A. simplex, A. planiformis, A. obtusa, A. obtusa, A. semidecussata, A. nomurai

Synonyms

Solarium quadriceps was named by Hinds (1887). It is extant.

It was recombined as Architectonica quadriceps by Hanna (1926); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Solarium granosum was named by Valenciennes (1832). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Solarium verrucosum was named by Philippi (1849). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Architectonica catanesei was named by Petuch (1994). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Solarium intraornatum was named by White (1887) [TYPE LOCALITY: Miocene; Brazil].

It was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis by Woodring (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Solarium granulatum was named by Lamarck (1822). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Architectonica granulata by Gabb (1881), Olsson (1917), Olsson (1922), Maury (1925), Hodson et al. (1927), Anderson (1929), Mansfield (1930), Oinomikado (1939), Oinomikaido (1939), Woodring (1957) and Barrios (1960); it was recombined as Architectonica granulatum by Weisbord (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis by Woodring (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Solarium quadriseriatum was named by Sowerby (1850). It is extant.

It was recombined as Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis quadriseriata by Woodring (1928); it was recombined as Architectonica quadriseriata by Anderson (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis by Woodring (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Solarium sexlineare was named by Nelson (1870) [TYPE LOCALITY: Peru; Miocene.].

It was recombined as Architectonica (Architectonica) sexlinearis by Olsson (1932) and Pilsbry and Olsson (1941); it was recombined as Architectonica sexlinearis by Marks (1951); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis by Woodring (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Solarium villarelloi was named by Böse (1906) [TYPE LOCALITY: Miocene; Mexico].

It was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis by Woodring (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Solarium gatunense was named by Toula (1909) [TYPE LOCALITY: Miocene; Canal Zone, Panama].

It was recombined as Solarium granulatum gatunense by Brown and Pilsbry (1911); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis by Woodring (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Architectonica nobilis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1798	Architectonica nobilis Röding p. 78
1822	Solarium granulatum Lamarck p. 3
1832	Solarium granosum Valenciennes p. 269
1849	Solarium verrucosum Philippi p. 172
1850	Solarium quadriseriatum Sowerby
1870	Solarium sexlineare Nelson p. 11 figs. pl. 6, fig. 11
1881	Architectonica granulata Gabb p. 359
1887	Solarium quadriceps Hinds p. 10 figs. pl. 4, figs. 39, 40
1887	Solarium intraornatum White p. 191 figs. 10: 21, 22
1892	Solarium granulatum Dall p. 329
1906	Solarium villarelloi Böse p. 30
1909	Solarium gatunense Toula p. 692 figs. pl. 25, fig. 3
1911	Solarium granulatum gatunense Brown and Pilsbry p. 360
1917	Solarium quadriseriatum Maury
1917	Solarium granulatum Maury p. 61
1917	Architectonica granulata Olsson p. 154
1922	Architectonica granulata Olsson p. 154
1922	Solarium sexlineare Woods p. 109
1924	Solarium granulatum Maury p. 61
1925	Solarium intraornatum Maury p. 59
1925	Architectonica granulata Maury p. 236
1926	Architectonica quadriceps Hanna p. 442
1927	Architectonica granulata Hodson et al. p. 66
1928	Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis quadriseriata Woodring p. 354
1929	Architectonica granulata Anderson p. 122
1929	Architectonica quadriseriata Anderson p. 123
1929	Architectonica granulatum Weisbord p. 27
1930	Solarium gatunense Li p. 265
1930	Architectonica granulata Mansfield p. 620
1932	Architectonica (Architectonica) sexlinearis Olsson p. 213
1934	Architectonica nobilis Rutsch p. 42
1935	Solarium gatunense Trechmann p. 549 figs. pl. 21, figs. 21, 22
1939	Architectonica granulata Oinomikado p. 106
1939	Architectonica granulata Oinomikaido
1941	Solarium granulatum Pilsbry and Olsson
1941	Architectonica (Architectonica) sexlinearis Pilsbry and Olsson p. 43
1948	Architectonica nobilis Gardner p. 199
1951	Architectonica nobilis Marks p. 91
1951	Architectonica sexlinearis Marks p. 93
1955	Architectonica nobilis Hertlein and Strong p. 275
1957	Architectonica granulata Woodring
1959	Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis Woodring p. 165
1960	Architectonica granulata Barrios p. 268
1962	Architectonica nobilis Weisbord
1971	Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis Jung p. 177
1972	Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis Perrilliat p. 35
1994	Architectonica catanesei Petuch p. 256 figs. pl. 17, fig. B
2010	Architectonica nobilis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 115

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
order	Heterostropha	()
superfamily	Architectonicoidea	Gray 1840
family	Architectonicidae	Gray 1850
genus	Architectonica	Röding 1798
species	nobilis	Röding 1798

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798

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†Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis karsteni Rutsch 1934

†Solarium granulatum gatunensis Toula 1908

Invalid names: Architectonica catanesei Petuch 1994 [synonym], Architectonica sexlinearis haughti Marks 1951 [synonym], Solarium gatunense Toula 1909 [synonym], Solarium granosum Valenciennes 1832 [synonym], Solarium granulatum Lamarck 1822 [synonym], Solarium intraornatum White 1887 [synonym], Solarium quadriceps Hinds 1887 [synonym], Solarium quadriseriatum Sowerby 1850 [synonym], Solarium sexlineare Nelson 1870 [synonym], Solarium verrucosum Philippi 1849 [synonym], Solarium villarelloi Böse 1906 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-05-20 05:00:49

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:25:24

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (229 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene	47.8 - 28.4	Haiti	Solarium quadriseriatum (173456)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	Venezuela	Architectonica nobilis (134844)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	Panama	Architectonica nobilis (42630 42631 93039)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Dominican Republic	Architectonica nobilis (92450)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Peru	Architectonica sexlinearis (66141)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Ecuador (Guayas)	Architectonica sexlinearis (61061)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Brazil (Maranhao)	Architectonica nobilis (112596)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Brazil (Para)	Architectonica nobilis (65162 111196 112582 112590) Solarium intraornatum (60980) Solarium intraornatum, Solarium granulatum (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Costa Rica	Architectonica nobilis (92098)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	USA (Georgia)	Architectonica quadriseriata (42109 42212)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Venezuela (Zulia)	Architectonica granulata (60627)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Venezuela (Falcón)	Architectonica nobilis (96434 179723)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Colombia (La Guajira)	Architectonica nobilis (136882 156720 156748 156752 156754 156795 156796 156832 157300 157336 157343 160776 161893)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Venezuela (Falcon)	Architectonica nobilis (60703 60705 60707 60708 60710)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Dominican Republic	Architectonica nobilis (74962)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	USA (Florida)	Architectonica quadriseriata (42482 42605 42663)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Panama	Architectonica nobilis (42606 49493)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Colombia (La Guajira)	Architectonica nobilis (156798)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Colombia	Architectonica nobilis (106365 106366 106367)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Colombia (La Guajira)	Architectonica nobilis (136878 136879 136880 136884 136885 136909 156524 156551 157830 157858 158029 158033 158040 160967 160968 160969 161055)
Langhian - Serravallian	15.97 - 11.62	Brazil (Para)	Architectonica nobilis (58454)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Colombia (Bolivar)	Architectonica granulatum (60687)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Panama	Architectonica nobilis (52173)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Colombia (Atlantico)	Architectonica granulatum (60678)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Ecuador (Manabi)	Architectonica nobilis (60754)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Ecuador (Guayas)	Architectonica nobilis (61080 61086 96509) Architectonica sexlinearis (61090 61092)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Grenada	Architectonica nobilis (58667 58671)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Mexico (Michoacan)	Architectonica nobilis (66163 66164)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Peru	Architectonica sexlinearis (66179)
Langhian - Tortonian	15.97 - 7.246	Venezuela (Falcon)	Architectonica granulata (135498 135501 135502)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	USA (Florida)	Architectonica quadriseriata (42692 42870 43009 43024 111204)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Venezuela (Falcon)	Architectonica granulata (61030 135504)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Dominican Republic	Solarium quadriseriatum (58817)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Panama (Darien)	Architectonica nobilis (92704 131199)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Venezuela	Architectonica granulata (131304) Architectonica nobilis (130981)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Architectonica nobilis (142895 142897 142898 142925 145195 145210 145249 145250 145251 145254 145255 145278 145281 145337 145341 145342 145343 145344 145356)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Panama	Architectonica granulata (134661) Architectonica nobilis (52170 52171 52172 52174 52176 82116 82119 82121 82122 82124 82128 82130 93052 93053 93054 93058 93059 93062 93144 93171 93172 93173 93174 93175 93176 93177 93224)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Ecuador	Architectonica nobilis (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	Architectonica nobilis (60637 81976)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Ecuador (Esmeraldas)	Architectonica nobilis (60640 60662)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Costa Rica (Limon)	Architectonica nobilis (96520)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Colombia	Architectonica granulata (88297 97692) Architectonica nobilis (96500 131219 131220)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Colombia (Atlántico)	Architectonica quadriseriata (88312)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Colombia (Bolívar)	Architectonica granulata (88316) Architectonica granulata, Architectonica quadriseriata (88308)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Architectonica nobilis (74914) Solarium granulatum (58869)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Venezuela (Falcon)	Architectonica granulata (61031)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Architectonica nobilis (75041)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Architectonica nobilis (74911 74966 74967 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Ecuador	Architectonica nobilis (131293)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Venezuela	Architectonica nobilis (96486)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Mexico (Oxaca)	Solarium villarelloi (59284)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Venezuela (Sucre)	Architectonica nobilis (41541 41543 41544 41545 41550 41551 41552 41554)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Architectonica quadriceps (96539 96540 96543 96545)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Colombia	Architectonica granulata (88294)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Solarium quadriseriatum (58815 58818 58819)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Colombia (Atlántico)	Architectonica granulata (88304)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Ecuador (Esmeraldas)	Architectonica nobilis (135043)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Trinidad and Tobago	Architectonica nobilis (60412 60415 60416)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	USA (South Carolina)	Architectonica nobilis (60940)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Ecuador (Manabi)	Architectonica nobilis, Architectonica sexlinearis (51886)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Colombia	Architectonica granulata (93725 93726)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Architectonica granulata (134670 134678) Architectonica nobilis (66791 66795)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	Architectonica nobilis (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Mexico	Architectonica nobilis (77713 77714)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Jamaica	Architectonica nobilis (58522 69089 69092 69093)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	USA (Florida)	Architectonica granulata (59484 59486 59487)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Mexico (Veracruz)	Architectonica nobilis (59420 134767 134768)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Architectonica nobilis (96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Venezuela	Architectonica nobilis (79710 111010 111011 131210 131217 131237 131363)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Architectonica nobilis (132644)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Panama	Architectonica granulata (134663)
Piacenzian - Gelasian	3.6 - 1.806	Ecuador (Manabi)	Architectonica nobilis (51878)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Costa Rica	Architectonica granulata (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Panama	Architectonica nobilis (111213)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Ecuador (Manabi)	Architectonica nobilis (48664 48665)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Cuba	Solarium granulatum (66770)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Costa Rica	Architectonica nobilis (135044)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	Architectonica nobilis (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (South Carolina)	Architectonica nobilis (66760)