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Architectonica meekana

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae

Taxonomy

Architectonica meekana is a species.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. aldrichi, A. bellistriata, A. bicingulata, A. caelatura, A. chipolana, A. congnata, A. cossmanni, A. distinguinda, A. fimbriaea, A. geminicostata, A. granulosa, A. huppertzi, A. marthae, A. marwicki, A. plicata, A. plicatula, A. prosemisquamosa, A. reklawensis, A. simplex, A. textilina, A. billmoorei, A. simplex, A. planiformis, A. obtusa, A. obtusa, A. semidecussata, A. nomurai

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2002	Architectonica meekana Kosnik

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
order	Heterostropha	()
superfamily	Architectonicoidea	Gray 1840
family	Architectonicidae	Gray 1850
genus	Architectonica	Röding 1798
species	meekana

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 meekana

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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 Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.3	USA (Alabama)	Architectonica meekana (83802)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Alabama)	Architectonica meekana (1442 81224 81238 81257 81258)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Texas)	Architectonica meekana (1451 1452 1453)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Mississippi)	Architectonica meekana (2414)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Louisiana)	Architectonica meekana (2410)
Lutetian - Bartonian	47.8 - 38.0	USA (Texas)	Architectonica meekana (2412 2413)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Mississippi)	Architectonica meekana (2434 2438 2449)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Texas)	Architectonica meekana (2452 90656 205264 205266 205267 205271 205485)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Alabama)	Architectonica meekana (2416 2420 2440 2441 2443 2453)