Austrotriton

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 <small>(Angas, 1869)</small>
• Austrotriton epitrema (<small>Tenison Woods, 1877)</small>
• Austrotriton garrardi <small>Beu, 1970</small>
• Austrotriton mimetica <small>(Tate, 1893)</small>
• Austrotriton petulans <small>(Hedley & May, 1908)</small>
• † Austrotriton radialis <small>(Tate, 1888)</small>
• Austrotriton subdistortus <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>

• † Austrotriton cyphoides <small>Finlay, 1924</small>: synonym of † Sassia cyphoides <small>(Finlay, 1924)</small>
• † Austrotriton maorium <small>Finlay, 1924</small>: synonym of † Sassia minima <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
• † Austrotriton morgani <small>Marwick, 1931</small>: synonym of † Sassia tortirostris <small>(Tate, 1888)</small>
• † Austrotriton neozelanica <small>P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923</small>: synonym of † Sassia neozelanica <small>(P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923)</small>
• Austrotriton parkinsonius <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>: synonym of Austrosassia parkinsonia <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>

References

• Wenz (W.), 1941 Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda, 6., p.&nbsp;961-1200

Further reading

• 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
• 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