title: Architectibranchia
text: # Architectibranchia
  
  Architectibranchia is a clade of marine snails, gastropod molluscs.
  
  It was originally established containing the superfamilies Acteonoidea, Ringiculoidea, and Diaphanoidea.
  
  ## 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; 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). However, some of its members were included: Acteonoidea was moved to Lower Heterobranchia.
  
  