Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Alternative spelling: Stellaxis
Parent taxon: Architectonica according to R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion 1992
See also Harris and Palmer 1947, Rivera 1957, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Turner 1938 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Architectonica (Adelphotectonica), Architectonica (Architectonica), Architectonica (Granosolarium), Architectonica (Solariaxis), 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 (Stellaxis) alveatum Architectonica (Stellaxis) cognata Architectonica (Stellaxis) gabrielensis Stellaxis bicingulata Stellaxis bistriatus Stellaxis dunkeri Stellaxis oligostriatum Stellaxis ornatoparva
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (5 collections)
• Eocene of Colombia (2), Indonesia (1), Mexico (6), Nigeria (9), Panama (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (72: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 102 collections each including a single occurrence