page_title: Architectonica perspectiva
section_title: Description and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Architectonica perspectiva / Description and habitat
caption_attribution_description: Architectonica perspectiva (Linnaeus, 1758)
context_page_description: Architectonica perspectiva, common name the clear or perspective sundial shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Architectonicidae, which are known as the staircase shells or sundials.
context_section_description: The snails have a shell 5 to 7 centimeters in diameter. The cone-like shell coils up from a flat base. The spirals are composed of vibrant shades of black, white, and brown. The body and its tentacles are stripped as well to match the shell. Its operculum is made of a horn-like material.
   The snail is common in Indo-Pacific Asia and around India. The snail often lives among coral reefs, and enjoys sandy seafloors.
caption: Museum specimens. Naturalis
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