Architectonicidae
Sign in to saveArchitectonicidae, 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.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyArchitectonicidae
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- Parent taxon
- Architectonicoidea
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- Architectonica sp. (Marine snail).jpg
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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.