Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Alternative spelling: Solariaxis
Parent taxon: Architectonica according to F. S. MacNeil 1960
See also Harris and Palmer 1947 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Architectonica (Adelphotectonica), Architectonica (Architectonica), Architectonica (Granosolarium), 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 chiraensis, 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
Subtaxa: Architectonica (Solariaxis) dilecta Architectonica (Solariaxis) punjabensis Architectonica (Solariaxis) rakhiensis Solariaxis canaliculata Solariaxis spectabilis Solariaxis templetoni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Japan (1), Poland (1)
• Eocene of Nigeria (8), Pakistan (4), the United Kingdom (9)
• Cretaceous of Poland (2), United States (1: California)
Total: 29 collections including 32 occurrences