Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Alternative spelling: Architectonica (Pseudotorinia)
Synonyms: Awarua Mestayer 1930, Punjabia Eames 1952
Parent taxon: Architectonicidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Bieler and Petit 2005, Eames 1952, Gardner 1947, Hendy et al. 2008, Ladd 1972, Ladd 1982, Perrilliat 1972, Perrilliat 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and Vaught et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Acutitectonica, Architectonica, Basisulcata, Calodisculus, Dinaxis, Discotectonica, Disculus, Eosolarium, Granosolarium, Heliacinae, Heliacus, Mangonuia, Margaritella, Patulaxis, Philippia, Pseudomalaxis, Psilaxis, Rinaldoconchus, Spirolaxis, Torinia, Torinista, Wangaloa
Subtaxa: Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) euprepes Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) eurybis Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) melajoensis Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) nupera Punjabia marginostriata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (4), Panama (10), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1), France (3), Germany (14), the Marshall Islands (2), the Netherlands (1), Palau (1), Panama (4), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 65 collections including 66 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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