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Austrotriton

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Austrotriton
Shell of † Austrotriton radialis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Austrotriton
Cossmann, 1903[1]
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.[2]

Species

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The genus contains the following species:[2]

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

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  1. ^ Cossmann (1903). Essais Paléoconch. 5: 98.
  2. ^ a b Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2018.
  • Wenz (W.), 1941 Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda, 6., p. 961-1200

Further reading

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  • 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
  • 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