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Architectibranchia is a clade of marine snails, gastropod molluscs.
| Architectibranchia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Infraclass: | Lower Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Architectibranchia Haszprunar, 1985[1] |
It was originally established containing the superfamilies Acteonoidea, Ringiculoidea, and Diaphanoidea.[2][3]
Architectibranchia was not used in the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)[2] and this taxon name has been listed as an available name.[2]
Clade Architectibranchia was reinstated by Malaquias et al. in 2009;[4] they limited the taxon to Acteonoidea and Ringiculoidea.[3]
There are five[4] families within the clade Architectibranchia:
Taxon Architectibranchia is not explicitly mentioned in the molecular analysis by Jörger et al. (2010).[5] However, some of its members were included: Acteonoidea was moved to Lower Heterobranchia.[5]
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