Architectibranchia is a clade of marine snails, gastropod molluscs.
It was originally established containing the superfamilies Acteonoidea, Ringiculoidea, and Diaphanoidea.Gofas, S. (2010). Architectibranchia. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411857 on 2010-12-26
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;Malaquias M. A. E., Dodds J. M., Bouchet P. & Reid D. G. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Euthyneura): Architectibranchia redefined and Runcinacea reinstated". Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 23-41. . they limited the taxon to Acteonoidea and Ringiculoidea.
There are five families within the clade Architectibranchia: Acteonidae Aplustridae Bullinidae Ringiculidae Notodiaphanidae
2010 taxonomy Taxon Architectibranchia is not explicitly mentioned in the molecular analysis by Jörger et al. (2010).Jörger K. M., Stöger I., Kano Y., Fukuda H., Knebelsberger T. & Schrödl M. (2010). "On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 323. . However, some of its members were included: Acteonoidea was moved to Lower Heterobranchia.
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