''Austropusilla'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2019). Austropusilla Laseron, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432410 on 2019-02-14]
Distribution
This marine genus used to be
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to Australia and occurs off
New South Wales
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, established_title = Before federation
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,
Tasmania
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, subdi ...
and
Victoria. ''A. simoniana'' occurs off the
Cape Province, South Africa.
Species
Species within the genus ''Austropusilla'' include:
* ''
Austropusilla hilum''
(Hedley, 1908)
* ''
Austropusilla profundis''
Laseron, 1954
* ''
Austropusilla simoniana''
Kilburn, 1974
;Synonyms:
* subgenus ''Austropusilla (Metaclathurella)''
Shuto, 1983: synonym of ''
Otitoma
''Otitoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purp ...
''
Jousseaume, 1898
* ''Austropusilla crokerensis''
Shuto, 1983: synonym of ''
Otitoma crokerensis
''Otitoma crokerensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...
''
(Shuto, 1983) (original combination)
References
* Laseron, C. 1954. ''Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca).'' Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12.
* Powell, A.W.B. 1966. ''The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species.'' Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
External links
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308*
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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