{{Short description|Clade of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | taxon = Architectibranchia | authority = Haszprunar, 1985<ref>Haszprunar G. (1985). ''Zeitschrift für Systematik und Evolutionsforschung'' '''23'''(1): 30, 32.</ref> | synonyms = }}
'''Architectibranchia''' is a clade of marine snails, gastropod molluscs.
It was originally established containing the superfamilies Acteonoidea, Ringiculoidea, and Diaphanoidea.<ref name="Bouchet 2005">{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref><ref name="WoRMS 2010">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</ref>
== 2005 taxonomy == Architectibranchia was not used in the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)<ref name="Bouchet 2005"/> and this taxon name has been listed as an available name.<ref name="Bouchet 2005"/>
== 2009 taxonomy == Clade Architectibranchia was reinstated by Malaquias et al. in 2009;<ref name="Malaquias 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. {{doi|10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00354.x}}.</ref> they limited the taxon to Acteonoidea and Ringiculoidea.<ref name="WoRMS 2010"/>
There are five<ref name="Malaquias 2009"/> families within the clade Architectibranchia: * Acteonidae<ref name="Malaquias 2009"/> * Aplustridae<ref name="Malaquias 2009"/> * Bullinidae<ref name="Malaquias 2009"/> * Ringiculidae<ref name="Malaquias 2009"/> * Notodiaphanidae<ref name="Malaquias 2009"/>
== 2010 taxonomy == Taxon Architectibranchia is not explicitly mentioned in the molecular analysis by Jörger et al. (2010).<ref name="Jörger 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. {{doi|10.1186/1471-2148-10-323|doi-access=free}}.</ref> However, some of its members were included: Acteonoidea was moved to Lower Heterobranchia.<ref name="Jörger 2010"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Lower Heterobranchia