Family Architectonicidae Gray 1850 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae

Alternative spelling: Architectonidae

Parent taxon: Architectonicoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Beesley 1998, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2004, Ponder and Warén 1988, Rivera 1957, Rosenberg 2005, Sohl 1964, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires 1999, Todd 2001, Turner 1938 and Wienrich and Janssen 2007

Sister taxon: Amphitomariidae

Subtaxa: Acutitectonica Architectonica Basisulcata Calodisculus Dinaxis Discotectonica Disculus Eosolarium Granosolarium Heliacinae Heliacus Mangonuia Margaritella Patulaxis Philippia Pseudomalaxis Pseudotorinia Psilaxis Rinaldoconchus Spirolaxis Torinia Torinista Wangaloa

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (7 collections), Cuba (1), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (3), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Kenya (1), Mexico (3), Pakistan (2), Panama (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), Taiwan (2), Thailand (2), United States (6: California, Florida, Hawaii, South Carolina), Vanuatu (2), Yemen (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Malaysia (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Colombia (4), Costa Rica (13), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (3), Fiji (1), Haiti (1), India (1), Indonesia (8), Italy (2), Jamaica (6), Japan (9), Mexico (7), Pakistan (3), Panama (20), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), the Philippines (4), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (6), United States (10: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (17)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (5), Australia (2), Austria (2), Brazil (9), Chile (3), Colombia (44), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (6), Ecuador (16), Fiji (1), France (3), Germany (18), Grenada (5), Haiti (1), India (8), Indonesia (12), Italy (8), Japan (5), the Marshall Islands (5), Mexico (3), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (3), Palau (1), Panama (83), Peru (2), Poland (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (17: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina), Venezuela (20)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), Germany (1), 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 Antarctica (3), Australia (6), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (2), Egypt (3), France (9), Germany (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (2), Mexico (7), the Netherlands Antilles (3), New Zealand (2), Nigeria (11), Pakistan (5), Panama (2), Peru (8), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (20), United States (248: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington)

• Paleocene of Belgium (2), Colombia (2), Denmark (6), Egypt (3), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (2), Poland (1), Puerto Rico (1), United States (42: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Austria (1), Cameroon (1), Egypt (1), Germany (2), Indian Ocean (1), Mexico (1), Poland (3), South Africa (1), United States (87: Alabama, California, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic of Somalia (1)

• Triassic of Italy (2), Slovenia (1)

Total: 1015 collections including 1554 occurrences

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