Architectibranchia
{{Short description|Clade of gastropods}}
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Architectibranchia is a clade of marine snails, gastropod molluscs.
It was originally established containing the superfamilies Acteonoidea, Ringiculoidea, and Diaphanoidea.{{Bouchet 2005}}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. {{doi|10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00354.x}}. they limited the taxon to Acteonoidea and Ringiculoidea.
There are five families within the clade Architectibranchia:
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. {{doi|10.1186/1471-2148-10-323}}. However, some of its members were included: Acteonoidea was moved to Lower Heterobranchia.