Architectonicidae, common name

Common name

A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...

 the staircase shells or sundials, are a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of sea snail

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine

Marine (ocean)

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 gastropod mollusks in the informal group "Lower Heterobranchia" (= Allogastropoda) of the clade Heterobranchia

Heterobranchia

Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs or Euthyneura, is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes species from the sea, the land and freshwater; marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks....

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The extinct families † Amphitomariidae Bandel, 1994 and † Cassianaxidae Bandel, 1996 belong to the same superfamily.

Genera

Genera within the family Architectonicidae include:

• Acutitectonica Habe, 1961
• Adelphotectonica Bieler, 1987
• Aguayodiscus Jaume & Borro, 1946
• Architectonica
  Architectonica
  Architectonica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.-Species:...
  
  Röding
  Peter Friedrich Röding
  Peter Friedrich Röding was a German malacologist who lived in Hamburg. Very little is known about this naturalist.Many of Röding's descriptions are of species which were first named by earlier authors such as Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz, Friedrich Wilhelm Martini and Martin Lister...
  
  , 1798 - type genus
• Astronacus Woodring, 1959
• Awarua Mestayer, 1930
• Basisulcata Melone & Taviani, 1985
• †Calodisculus Rehder, 1935
• Claraxis Iredale
  Tom Iredale
  Tom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
  
  , 1936
• †Climacopoma Fischer, 1885
• †Dinaxis Dall in Aldrich, 1895
• Discosolis Dall, 1892
• †Discotectonica Marwick, 1931
• †Disculus Deshayes, 1863
• †Eosolarium Chavan, 1947
• †Ewekorolaxis Adegoke, 1977
• Grandeliacus Iredale, 1957
• †Granoheliacus Melone & Taviani, 1985
• †Granosolarium Sacco, 1892
• Gyriscus
  Gyriscus
  Gyriscus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.-Species:Species within the genus Gyriscus include:* Gyriscus asteleformis Powell, 1965...
  
  Tiberi, 1867
• Heliacus D'Orbigny, 1842
• †Intitectonica Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1984
• Mangonuia Mestayer, 1930
• †Nigerialaxis Adegoke, 1977
• †Nipteraxis Cossmann, 1916
• †Nodosolarium Sacco, 1892
• †Patulaxis Dall, 1892
• Paurodiscus Rehder, 1935
• Philippia J. E. Gray, 1847
• †Platylaxis Adegoke, 1977
• Pseudomalaxis P. Fischer, 1885
• †Pseudotorinia Sacco, 1892
• Psilaxis Woodring, 1928
• †Punjabia Eames, 1952
• Pyrgoheliacus Bieler, 1987
• Redivivus
  Redivivus
  Redivivus is Winters Bane third album, released on April 11th 2006 by DCA Recordings.-Track listing:#"Seal the Light" - 4:53#"Spark to Flame" - 5:29#"The World" - 4:19#"Dead Faith" - 4:24#"Catching the Sun" - 4:50#"Remember to Forget" - 4:17...
  
  Melone & Taviani, 1985
• †Rinaldoconchus Bandel, 1988
• Russetia Garrard, 1961
• †Solariaxis Dall, 1892
• Solatisonax Iredale
  Tom Iredale
  Tom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
  
  , 1931
• Spirolaxis di Monterosato, 1913
• †Stellaxis Dall, 1892
• Teretropoma Rochebrune, 1881
• Torinia Gray, 1842
• Torinista Iredale, 1936
• †Trimalaxis Garvie, 1996
• †Wangaloa Finlay, 1927
• Zerotula Finlay, 1927

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B.
  Arthur William Baden Powell
  Dr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
  
  , New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd
  HarperCollins
  HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
  
  , Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1