Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass "Lower Heterobranchia" > Superfamily Architectonicoidea

Architectonicidae J. E. Gray, 1850

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Architectonica Röding, 1798
Basisulcata Melone & Taviani, 1985
Discotectonica Marwick, 1931
Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842
Philippia Gray, 1847
Pseudomalaxis P. Fischer, 1885
Pseudotorinia Sacco, 1892
Psilaxis Woodring, 1928
Solatisonax Iredale, 1931
Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sun shells; sundial shells; sundial snails; sundials sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF. 30: 1-376.

German: Sonnenschnecken sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: クルマガイ科

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847).
basis of record	Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
additional source	Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (2005). Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa. 1101: 1-119.
additional source	Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF. 30: 1-376.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Architectonicidae J. E. Gray, 1850. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22989