Austropusilla

Austropusilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

Distribution

This marine genus used to be endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. A. simoniana occurs off the Cape Province, South Africa.

Species

Species within the genus Austropusilla include:

• Austropusilla hilum <small>(Hedley, 1908)</small>
• Austropusilla profundis <small>Laseron, 1954</small>
• Austropusilla simoniana <small>Kilburn, 1974</small>

• subgenus Austropusilla (Metaclathurella) <small>Shuto, 1983</small>: synonym of Otitoma <small>Jousseaume, 1898</small>
• Austropusilla crokerensis <small>Shuto, 1983</small>: synonym of Otitoma crokerensis <small>(Shuto, 1983)</small> (original combination)

References

• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp.&nbsp;56, pls 1–12.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23

External links

• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae