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Architectonica compressa

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae

Taxonomy
Architectonica compressa was named by Wiedey (1928). Its type specimen is SDSNH 12, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 428, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in an Eocene/Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aldrichi, A. aldrichi, A. alvear, A. ammonites, A. angsanaum, A. annosa, A. antrosa, A. bellense, A. bellensis, A. bellistriata, A. bicingulata, A. bifida, A. bimixta, A. bistriata, A. caelatura, A. canaliculata, A. caracollata, A. caracollosimplex, A. chipolana, A. chira, A. congnata, A. coniformis, A. corusca, A. cossmanni, A. crenularis, A. cupola, A. cyclostomum, A. depressomonilifera, A. distinguinda, A. fimbriaea, A. geminicostata, A. granulosa, A. greggi, A. hargeri, A. haughti, A. huppertzi, A. ianthinae, A. intusa, A. javanum, A. johnsoni, A. josephi, A. karikalensis, A. karkalensis, A. kartseni, A. koeneni, A. kurodae, A. leana, A. marthae, A. martini, A. marwicki, A. meekana, A. meliconae, A. microdiscus, A. modesta, A. montensis, A. neerlandica, A. nelsoni, A. nobilis, A. obolus, A. palembangensis, A. periscelida, A. petrosus, A. phoenicea, A. picteti, A. planiformis, A. planorbis, A. planulata, A. plicata, A. plicatula, A. prosemisquamosa, A. pulchra, A. puruense, A. reklawensis, A. sabinia, A. scrobiculata, A. sexlinearis, A. simplex, A. subconoidea, A. sylvaerupis, A. texcarolina, A. textilina, A. textilina, A. trochlearis, A. vesperina, A. vespertina, A. voragiformis, A. bellistriata, A. billmoorei, A. briarti, A. karikalensis, A. monilifera, A. nobilis, A. perspectivus, A. planum, A. prosemisquamosa, A. pseudoperspectiva, A. scotti, A. sedanense, A. simplex, A. simplex, A. sokkohense, A. incisum, A. planiformis, A. navidadensis, A. planoconcava, A. wannonensis, A. obolus, A. aldrichi, A. aldrichi, A. aldrichicaterva, A. canalic, A. canaliculata, A. geminicostata, A. geminicostata, A. meekana, A. millegrana, A. texcarolina, A. inti, A. ammo, A. ammonites, A. dorae, A. dumonti, A. goossensi, A. ickeae, A. intermedia, A. marthae, A. plicaluta, A. plicata, A. pliealuta, A. fimbriaea, A. fimbriaea, A. formosa, A. angustiforata, A. bisulcata, A. corwini, A. guppyi, A. langlassei, A. misera, A. obtusa, A. obtusa, A. orbitata, A. planulata, A. semidecussata, A. araea, A. krebsii, A. amekiensis, A. granulatocostata, A. kostejana, A. nomurai, A. reklawensis, A. reklawensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Architectonica compressa Wiedey p. 109 figs. Plat e 9, figures 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyArchitectonicoideaGray 1840
familyArchitectonicidaeGray 1850
genusArchitectonicaRöding 1798
speciescompressa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Architectonica compressa Wiedey 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:00:49
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:25:24
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.71 - 15.98USA (California) Architectonica compressa (type locality: 211557)