Austroclavus

Austroclavus
Austroclavus glaber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: †Austroclavus
Powell, 1942
Type species
† Drillia tenuispiralis
P. Marshall, 1918

Austroclavus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned to a family within the superfamily Conoidea.

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1942, who named Drillia tenuispiralis (current name Austroclavus tenuispiralis) as the type species.

Species

Species within the genus Austroclavus include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Austroclavus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 November 2025.
  2. ↑ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. ↑ Powell, Arthur William Baden (1942). "The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae, with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics". Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 118. ISSN 0067-0456. OCLC 1826451. Wikidata Q115110377.
  4. ↑ Austroclavus undatus (Hedley, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.