Austrotriton
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Austrotriton radialis 001.jpg
|image_caption = Shell of † Austrotriton radialis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
|taxon = Austrotriton
|authority = Cossmann, 1903Cossmann (1903). Essais Paléoconch. 5: 98.
|synonyms =
- Charoniella Thiele, 1929
- Negyrina Iredale, 1929
- † Tritonium (Austrotriton) Cossmann, 1903 (original rank)
}}
Austrotriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.{{WRMS species|463527|Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903||5 December 2018}}
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Austrotriton bassi (Angas, 1869)
- Austrotriton epitrema (Tenison Woods, 1877)
- Austrotriton garrardi Beu, 1970
- Austrotriton mimetica (Tate, 1893)
- Austrotriton petulans (Hedley & May, 1908)
- † Austrotriton radialis (Tate, 1888)
- Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck, 1822)
; Species brought into synonymy:
- † Austrotriton cyphoides Finlay, 1924: synonym of † Sassia cyphoides (Finlay, 1924)
- † Austrotriton maorium Finlay, 1924: synonym of † Sassia minima (Hutton, 1873)
- † Austrotriton morgani Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Sassia tortirostris (Tate, 1888)
- † Austrotriton neozelanica P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923: synonym of † Sassia neozelanica (P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923)
- Austrotriton parkinsonius (Perry, 1811): synonym of Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
References
{{Reflist}}
- Wenz (W.), 1941 Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda, 6., p. 961-1200
Further reading
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- [http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039 Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls]
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
- [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 18-34]
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