''Austrotriton'' is a
genus
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of medium-sized sea
snail
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s, a
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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in the
family
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Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predators.
Genera
The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera:
* '' Argobuccinum'' Herrmannsen, 1846
* '' ...
.
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:
* † A''ustrotriton cyphoides''
Finlay, 1924: synonym of † ''
Sassia cyphoides
''Sassia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae.
Species
The genus ''Sassia'' contains the following species:
* † '' Sassia antiqua'' (Deshayes, 1865)
* † '' Sassia apenninica'' (Sassi, 1827)
* � ...
''
(Finlay, 1924)
* † ''Austrotriton maorium''
Finlay, 1924: synonym of † ''
Sassia minima
''Sassia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae.
Species
The genus ''Sassia'' contains the following species:
* † '' Sassia antiqua'' (Deshayes, 1865)
* † '' Sassia apenninica'' (Sassi, 1827)
* � ...
''
(Hutton, 1873)
* † ''Austrotriton morgani''
Marwick, 1931: synonym of † ''
Sassia tortirostris''
(Tate, 1888)
* † A''ustrotriton 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
* Wenz (W.), 1941 Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda, 6., p. 961-1200
Further reading
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
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
Cymatiidae
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