Austrofusus
| Austrofusus Temporal range: Middle Paleocene to Recent, 42.6–0.0 Ma | |
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| A dorsal view of a shell of Austrofusus glans | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Austrofusus Kobelt, 1879 |
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Austrofusus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
Two extant species Austrofusus glans and A. chathamensis are endemic to New Zealand waters,[1] but most species are extinct and there is an abundant fossil record within the country.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Austrofusus include:
- † Austrofusus acuticostatus (Suter, 1917)[2]
- † Austrofusus affiliatus (Finlay, 1926)[2]
- † Austrofusus allani (King, 1934)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus alpha (Finlay, 1926)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus apudalpha (Finlay, 1926)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus beta (Finlay, 1926)[2]
- † Austrofusus bicarinatus (Suter, 1917)[2]
- Austrofusus chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)[2][1]
- † Austrofusus claviculus (King, 1933)
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus cliftonensis (Marwick, 1926)[2]
- † Austrofusus coerulecens (Finlay, 1930)[2]
- † Austrofusus cottoni (King, 1933)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus demissus (Marwick, 1931)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus flexuosus (Marshall, 1918)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus gamma (Finlay, 1926)[2]
- Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)[2][1]
- † Austrofusus latecostatus (Suter, 1917)[2]
- † Austrofusus magnificus (Finlay, 1926)[2]
- † Austrofusus marshalli (King], 1933)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus marwicki (King, 1933)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus ngatuturaensis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus oneroaensis (Powell & Batrum, 1929)[2]
- † Austrofusus pagoda (Finlay, 1924)[2]
- †Austrofusus pliocenicus (Powell, 1931)[2]
- † Austrofusus precursor (Finlay, 1926)[2]
- † Austrofusus soliarius (Dell, 1950)[2]
- † Austrofusus spiniferus (Finlay & McDowall, 1923)[2]
- † Austrofusus taitae (Marwick, 1924)[2]
- † Austrofusus valedictus (King, 1935)[2]
- † (Neocola) Austrofusus zitteli (Suter, 1914)[2]
External links
- World Register of Marine Species: Austrofusus Kobelt, 1879
- Fossilworks Database Austrofusus Kobelt 1879 (true whelk)
References
- 1 2 3 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.
External links
- World Register of Marine Species: Austrofusus Kobelt, 1879
- Fossilworks Database Austrofusus Kobelt 1879 (true whelk)
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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