Architectonica

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***Architectonica*** is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.

## Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following \* Are included in the genus Architectonica

* *Architectonica arcana* Bieler, 1993
* *Architectonica consobrina* Bieler, 1993
* *Architectonica grandiosa* Iredale, 1931
* *Architectonica gualtierii* Bieler, 1993
* *Architectonica karsteni* Rutsch, 1934
* *Architectonica laevigata* (Lamarck)
* *Architectonica maculata* (Link, 1807)
* *Architectonica maxima* (Philippi, 1849)
* *Architectonica modesta* (Philippi, 1848)
* *Architectonica nobilis* Röding, 1798 - common sundial
* *Architectonica perdix* (Hinds, 1844)
* *Architectonica perspectiva* (Linnaeus, 1758)
* *Architectonica proestleri* Alf & Kreipl, 2001
* *Architectonica purpurata* (Hinds, 1844)
* *Architectonica stellata* (Philippi, 1849)
* *Architectonica taylori* (Hanley, 1862)
* *Architectonica trochlearis* (Hinds, 1844)

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The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use

* *Architectonica bairdii* (Sowerby, 1866)
* *Architectonica biangulatum* (Gray, 1826)
* *Architectonica impressum* (Nevill, 1869)
* Architectonica (maxima-group) Bieler, 1993
* Architectonica (perspectiva-group) Bieler, 1993
* *Architectonica* (*Adelphotectonica*) *kuroharai*(Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961-a)

Species in the genus *Architectonica* include:

* *Architectonica acutissima*
* *Architectonica amoena*
* *Architectonica bellistriata*
* *Architectonica briarti*
* *Architectonica carocollata*
* *Architectonica cingulatum*
* *Architectonica cognata*
* *Architectonica cyclostomum*
* *Architectonica euprepes*
* *Architectonica fimbiaea*
* *Architectonica fuliginosum*
* *Architectonica geminicostata*
* *Architectonica guppyi*
* *Architectonica krebsii*
* *Architectonica kurodae*

* *Architectonica marwicki*
* *Architectonica mediterraneum*
* *Architectonica meekana*
* *Architectonica melajoensis*
* *Architectonica millegranum*
* *Architectonica millegranum subcanaliculatum*
* *Architectonica neerlandica*
* *Architectonica peracuta* (Dall, 1889)

* *Architectonica planulata*
* *Architectonica quadriseriata*
* *Architectonica quinquesulcata*
* *Architectonica regia*
* *Architectonica scrobiculata*
* *Architectonica simplex*
* *Architectonica sindermanni*
* *Architectonica uruguaya*
* *Architectonica voragiformis*

Species brought into synonymy

* *Architectonica gothica* Röding, 1798: synonym of *Heliacus (Grandeliacus) stramineus* (Gmelin, 1791)
* *Architectonica granulata* (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of *Architectonica nobilis* Röding, 1798
* *Architectonica kuroharai* Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961: synonym of *Adelphotectonica kuroharai* (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
* *Architectonica nomotoi* Kosuge, 1979: synonym of *Adelphotectonica nomotoi* (Kosuge, 1979)
* *Architectonica offlexa* Iredale, 1931: synonym of *Adelphotectonica reevei* (Hanley, 1862)
* *Architectonica pentacyclota* Azuma, 1973: synonym of *Adelphotectonica kuroharai* (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
* *Architectonica picta* (Philippi, 1849): synonym of *Architectonica maculata* (Link, 1807)
* *Architectonica placentalis* (Hinds, 1844): synonym of *Discotectonica placentalis* (Hinds, 1844)
* † *Architectonica pseudoperspectiva* (Brocchi, 1814): synonym of † *Discotectonica pseudoperspective* (Brocchi, 1814)
* *Architectonica radialis* Dall, 1908: synonym of *Solatisonax radialis* (Dall, 1908)
* *Architectonica radiata* Röding, 1798: synonym of *Psilaxis radiatus* (Röding, 1798)
* *Architectonica reevei* (Hanley, 1862): synonym of *Adelphotectonica reevei* (Hanley, 1862)
* *Architectonica relata* Iredale, 1936: synonym of *Adelphotectonica reevei* (Hanley, 1862)
* *Architectonica sindermanni* Merrill & Boss, 1984: synonym of *Adelphotectonica uruguaya* (Carcelles, 1953)
* *Architectonica sunderlandi* Petuch, 1987: synonym of *Adelphotectonica uruguaya* (Carcelles, 1953)
* *Architectonica valenciennesii* Mörch, 1859: synonym of *Architectonica nobilis* Röding, 1798
* *Architectonica wroblewskyi* Mörch, 1875: synonym of *Architectonica nobilis* Röding, 1798

## References

1. ↑ WoRMS : Architectonica
2. ↑ OBIS : Architectonica

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* Powell A. W. B., *New Zealand Mollusca*, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* Bieler R. (1993). *Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda)*. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1-376 [15 December]. page(s): 36
* Rolán E., 2005. *Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.*