Architectibranchia


Architectibranchia is a clade of marine snails, gastropod molluscs.
It was originally established containing the superfamilies Acteonoidea, Ringiculoidea, and Diaphanoidea.

2005 taxonomy

Architectibranchia was not used in the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) and this taxon name has been listed as an available name.

2009 taxonomy

Clade Architectibranchia was reinstated by Malaquias et al. in 2009; they limited the taxon to Acteonoidea and Ringiculoidea.
There are five families within the clade Architectibranchia:

2010 taxonomy

Taxon Architectibranchia is not explicitly mentioned in the molecular analysis by Jörger et al.. However, some of its members were included: Acteonoidea was moved to Lower Heterobranchia.