Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Alternative combination: Architectonica (Architectonica) bellastriata
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289
Belongs to Architectonica according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
See also Conrad 1854, Conrad 1856 and Harris and Palmer 1947
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 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (29: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
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