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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Not assigned
Family: Architectonicidae Sundial shells

Genus: Architectonica

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32 species (see list below)
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Architectonica acutissima
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Architectonica arcana
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Architectonica asperum
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Architectonica consobrina
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Architectonica fressa
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Architectonica fuliginosum
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Architectonica gothica
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Architectonica grandiosa
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Architectonica gualtierii
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Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean.

Architectonica krebsiiMorch, 1875

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Architectonica krebsii
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Architectonica kuroharai
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Architectonica laevigata
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Architectonica maculata
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FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHD
Architectonica maxima(Philippi, 1849)

Photo by FAO
 
Architectonica maxima
[Giant sundial]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Central Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm SHD
Architectonica modesta(Philippi, 1848)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Architectonica modesta
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Architectonica nobilis
[Common sundial]
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Architectonica nomotoi
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Architectonica offlexa
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Architectonica pentacyclota
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Architectonica perdix
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Architectonica perpectiva
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHL
Architectonica perspectiva(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Architectonica perspectiva
[Clear sundial]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm SHD
 
Architectonica picta
[Pictorial sundial]
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Architectonica placentalis
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Architectonica proestleri
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Architectonica radialis
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Architectonica relata
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Architectonica sunderlandi
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 7 cm SHD
Architectonica trochlearis(Hinds, 1844)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Architectonica trochlearis
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Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Architectonica uruguaya
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Architectonica valenciennesii
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Architectonica wroblewskyi
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