Austrotoma

Austrotoma
Austrotoma minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Austrotoma Finlay, 1924
Type species
† Bathytoma excavata Suter, 1917
Synonyms
Acamptogenotia (Austrotoma) H. J. Finlay, 1924 superseded rank Belophos (Austrotoma) H. J. Finlay, 1924 superseded rank

Austrotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Pseudomelatomidae. It has also been placed in the family Pseudotomidae.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene strata in Argentina and New Zealand, Oligocene strata in New Zealand and Eocene strata in Antarctica.

Species

Species within the genus Austrotoma include the following. All are extinct except Austrotoma aguayoi.

• Austrotoma aguayoi (Carcelles, 1953)
• †Austrotoma ampla A. W. B. Powell, 1942
• †Austrotoma antarctica Karczewski, 1985
• †Austrotoma clifdenica A. W. B. Powell, 1942
• †Austrotoma cryptoconoidea A. W. B. Powell, 1942
• †Austrotoma deducta Marwick, 1931
• †Austrotoma echinata A. W. B. Powell, 1942
• †Austrotoma echinulata (Hupé, 1854)
• †Austrotoma excavata (Suter, 1917)
• †Austrotoma eximia (Suter, 1917)
• †Austrotoma finlayi A. W. B. Powell, 1938
• †Austrotoma gemmulata A. W. B. Powell, 1942
• †Austrotoma gracilicostata (Zittel, 1865)
• †Austrotoma hurupiensis Dell, 1952
• †Austrotoma inaequabilis Marwick, 1929
• †Austrotoma indiscreta H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937
• †Austrotoma inexpectata A. W. B. Powell, 1944
• †Austrotoma intertexta (A. W. B. Powell, 1944)
• †Austrotoma janjukiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1944
• †Austrotoma kaiparaensis A. W. B. Powell, 1942
• †Austrotoma lawsi A. W. B. Powell, 1942
• †Austrotoma minor (H. J. Finlay, 1924)
• †Austrotoma molinei Marwick, 1931
• †Austrotoma neozelanica (Suter, 1913)
• †Austrotoma nervosa A. W. B. Powell, 1942
• †Austrotoma obsoleta H. J. Finlay, 1926
• †Austrotoma prolixa Laws, 1940
• †Austrotoma suteri (Cossmann, 1916)
• †Austrotoma toreuma Marwick, 1929
• †Austrotoma ventricosa Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992

Species brought into synonymy

• † Austrotoma adelaidensis (A. W. B. Powell, 1944): synonym of † Liratomina adelaidensis A. W. B. Powell, 1944 (superseded combination)
• † Austrotoma crassilirata (Tate, 1888): synonym of † Liratomina crassilirata (Tate, 1888) (superseded combination)
• † Austrotoma oliveroi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 : synonym of † Marshallaria oliveroi (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
• † Austrotoma scopalveus Finlay, 1926: synonym of † Austrotoma minor (Finlay, 1924)
• † Austrotoma sculptilis (Tate, 1888): synonym of † Liratomina sculptilis (Tate, 1888) (superseded combination)
• † Austrotoma singularis (Ludbrook, 1978): synonym of † Epideira singularis (Ludbrook, 1978) (superseded combination)

References

External links

• Finlay H. J. (1924). The molluscan fauna of Target Gully: Part 1. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 55: 495-516

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