The Austrosiphonidae are a
taxonomic
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family
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of large
sea snail
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s, often known as
whelk
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell. Many are eaten by humans, such as the common whelk of the North Atlantic. Most whelks belong to the family Buccinidae and are known as "true whelks." Othe ...
s.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Austrosiphonidae Cotton & Godfrey, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522370 on 2021-12-24]
Genera
* ''
Antarctoneptunea''
Dell, 1972
* ''
Kelletia''
P. Fischer, 1884
* ''
Penion
''Penion'' is a genus of large marine (ocean), marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family (biology), family Austrosiphonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Penion P. Fischer, 1884. Accessed throu ...
''
P. Fischer, 1884
* ''
Serratifusus''
Darragh, 1969
;Synonyms:
* ''Austrosipho''
Cossmann, 1906: synonym of ''Penion''
P. Fischer, 1884
* ''Berylsma''
Iredale, 1924: synonym of ''Penion''
P. Fischer, 1884
* ''Largisipho''
Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''Penion''
P. Fischer, 1884
* ''Verconella''
Iredale, 1914: synonym of ''Penion''
P. Fischer, 1884 (unnecessary substitute name for Penion, by Iredale assumed to be a junior homonym of Penium Philippi, 1865.)
References
* Cotton, B. C. & Godfrey, F. K. (1938). A systematic list of the gastropoda the marine, freshwater and land univalve mollusca of south and central Australia. Adelaide: Malacological Society of South Australia. 44 pp.
* Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. & Bouchet, P. (2021). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031: 1-69.
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Buccinoidea