Architectonicidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

| image = Solatisonax rudigerbieleri (MNHN-IM-2012-39196).jpeg | image_caption = Solatisonax rudigerbieleri | taxon = Architectonicidae | authority = Gray, 1850 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text | synonyms =

Architectonicidae, common name the staircase shells or sundials, are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia (= Allogastropoda) of the clade Heterobranchia.

The extinct families † Amphitomariidae Bandel, 1994 and † Cassianaxidae Bandel, 1996 belong to the same superfamily.

Genera

Genera within the family Architectonicidae include: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Heliacus_variegatus_01.JPG" caption="shell]] of ''[[Heliacus variegatus]]''"] ::

Synonyms

  • Acutitectonica Habe, 1961: synonym of Discotectonica Marwick, 1931
  • Aguayodiscus Jaume & Borro, 1946: synonym of Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913
  • Astronacus Woodring, 1959: synonym of Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936
  • Awarua Mestayer, 1930: synonym of Pseudotorinia Sacco, 1892 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Claraxis Iredale, 1936: synonym of Granosolarium Sacco, 1892
  • Discosolis Dall, 1892: synonym of Pseudomalaxis P. Fischer, 1885
  • Grandeliacus Iredale, 1957: synonym of Heliacus Iredale, 1957 (alternate representation)
  • †Granoheliacus Melone & Taviani, 1985; synonym of Solatisonax Iredale, 1931
  • Gyriscus Tiberi, 1867: synonym of Heliacus (Gyriscus) Tiberi, 1867 represented as Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Mangonuia Mestayer, 1930: synonym of Pseudomalaxis P. Fischer, 1885
  • †Patulaxis Dall, 1892: synonym of † Climacopoma Fischer, 1885
  • Paurodiscus Rehder, 1935: synonym of Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913
  • Pyrgoheliacus Bieler, 1987: synonym of Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Redivivus Melone & Taviani, 1985: synonym of Solatisonax Iredale, 1931
  • Russetia Garrard, 1961: synonym of Discotectonica Marwick, 1931
  • †Solariaxis Dall, 1892: synonym of Granosolarium Sacco, 1892
  • Solarium Lamarck, 1799: synonym of Architectonica Röding, 1798
  • Teretropoma Rochebrune, 1881: synonym of Heliacus (Teretropoma) Rochebrune, 1881 (alternate representation) represented as Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Torinia Gray, 1842: synonym of Heliacus d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Torinista Iredale, 1936: synonym of Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936 (alternate representation) represented as Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842 (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Error for Torinista)
  • Tornista [sic] : synonym of Torinia J. E. Gray, 1842: synonym of Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842 (Error for Torinia Gray, 1842)

References

  • Bieler R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1–376
  • Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397
  • Marco Taviani, Revisione delle Architectonicidae del Mediterraneo; Milano, 1984

References

  1. {{ITIS
  2. Bieler R. & Petit R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". ''[[Zootaxa]]'' '''1101''': 1–119. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/zt01101p119.pdf PDF].
  3. Mestayer (1930). ''Trans. New Zealand Inst.'' '''61''': 145.

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