Austrotriton

Austrotriton
Shell of † Austrotriton radialis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903
Synonyms
Charoniella Thiele, 1929 Negyrina Iredale, 1929 † Tritonium (Austrotriton) Cossmann, 1903 (original rank)

Austrotriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.

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

• † Austrotriton cyphoides Finlay, 1924: synonym of † Sassia cyphoides (Finlay, 1924)
• † Austrotriton maorium Finlay, 1924: synonym of † Sassia minima (Hutton, 1873)
• † Austrotriton morgani Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Sassia tortirostris (Tate, 1888)
• † Austrotriton 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

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• 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 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• 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