Back   

WWW.SPECIMENSHELLS.NET
SPECIMEN SHELLS
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Architectonica maxima
Architectonica modesta
Architectonica perspectiva
Architectonica picta
Discotectonica acutissima

ARCHITECTONICIDAE



Architectonica maxima
Architectonica maxima
Architectonica modesta
Architectonica modesta
Discotectonica acutissima
Discotectonica acutissima


A small family of gastropods, mainly found in shallow but occasionally deep water in tropical and subtropical areas. Shells are discoidal, with a flat spire and large body whorl with a pominently open umbilicus which is bordered by a nodular keel.



Genus - Species

Architectonica fuliginosum
Architectonica gualtierii
Architectonica injussa
Architectonica laevigata
Architectonica maxima
Architectonica modesta
Architectonica nobilis
Architectonica peracuta
Architectonica perdix
Architectonica perspectiva
Architectonica picta
Architectonica reevei
Architectonica taylori
Architectonica trochlearis
Basisculpta lepida
Discotectonica acutissima
Heliacus architae
Heliacus areola
Heliacus bicanaliculatus
Heliacus bisulcatus
Heliacus crenellus
Heliacus cylindricus
Heliacus dorsuosus
Heliacus fallaciosus
Heliacus infundibuliformis
Heliacus malani
Heliacus petasus
Heliacus stramineus
Heliacus trochoides
Heliacus variegatus
Philippia depressiusculus
Philippia hybrida
Philippia krebsi
Philippia lutea
Philippia oxytropia
Philippia radiata
Pseudomalaxis nobilis
Solatisonax allerii
Spirolaxis exquisita
Torinia variegata