Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Alternative spellings: Architeconica, Architectoma, Architectonia, Architectonium
Parent taxon: Architectonicidae according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
See also Abbass 1967, Adegoke 1977, Bieler and Petit 2005, Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2004, Ladd 1972, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Marasti 1973, Moore 1976, Mukerjee 1939, Oostingh 1935, Perrilliat 1972, Perrilliat 1987, Rivera 1957, Robba et al. 1989, Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires 1999, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Todd 2001, Turner 1938, Weisbord 1962 and Wienrich and Janssen 2007
Sister taxa: Acutitectonica, Basisulcata, Calodisculus, Dinaxis, Discotectonica, Disculus, Eosolarium, Granosolarium, Heliacinae, Heliacus, Mangonuia, Margaritella, Patulaxis, Philippia, Pseudomalaxis, Pseudotorinia, Psilaxis, Rinaldoconchus, Spirolaxis, Torinia, Torinista, Wangaloa
Subtaxa: 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 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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (5 collections), Cuba (1), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), Taiwan (2), Thailand (2), United States (5: California, Florida, South Carolina), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Malaysia (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (4), Costa Rica (12), the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (3), India (1), Indonesia (8), Italy (1), Jamaica (4), Japan (7), Mexico (6), Pakistan (3), Panama (16), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), the Philippines (4), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (8: California, Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (17)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (1), the Dominican Republic (4), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (5), Austria (2), Brazil (9), Chile (2), Colombia (44), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (6), Ecuador (16), France (2), Germany (12), Grenada (5), India (8), Indonesia (11), Italy (7), Japan (5), Mexico (3), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (3), Panama (81), Peru (2), Poland (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (17: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina), Venezuela (19)
• Oligocene of India (1), Iran (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (3), Peru (2), United States (22: Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), Colombia (2), Egypt (3), France (8), Germany (2), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Mexico (7), the Netherlands Antilles (3), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (11), Pakistan (4), Panama (2), Peru (8), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (236: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (5), Germany (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Puerto Rico (1), United States (40: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Poland (3), South Africa (1), United States (17: Alabama, California, Delaware, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Somalia (1)
Total: 831 collections including 1176 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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