Architectonica
A live individual of Architectonica perspectiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Architectonicoidea
Family:	Architectonicidae
Genus:	Architectonica Röding, 1798
Species
See text.

Architectonica is a genus of sea snails in the family Architectonicidae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Architectonica:^[1]

• 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)

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use ^[2]

• 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:

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

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• "Architectonica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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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 . page(s): 36
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.