Synonym: Architectonicacea Gray 1840 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Heterobranchia according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Beesley 1998, Harzhauser 2004, Kosnik 2002, Sohl 1964, Squires and Saul 2003 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Allogastropoda, Anomalorbis, Palaeoalvania, Stuoraxidae, Nerineoidea, Streptacidoidea, Euthyneura, Misurinella, Architectibranchia, Acteonoidea, Valvatoidea
Subtaxa: Amphitomariidae Architectonicidae
Ecology: epifaunal
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 (88: 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: 1016 collections including 1562 occurrences