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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sun shells
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyArchitectonicidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded27,142
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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.
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