Architectonica
noun
Ar·chi·tec·ton·i·ca
Definition of Architectonica
: a genus of tropical marine snails having a depressed conical shell the umbilicus of which is wide so that the upper whorls can be seen in it
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Origin and Etymology of architectonica
New Latin, from Latin, feminine of architectonicus
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