Austrofusus

Genus of gastropods

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Austrofusus

Kobelt, 1879 [1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Neocola Finlay, 1926
  • (Neocola) Austrofusus Finlay, 1926
  • Aethocola Gray, 1843

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][2] but most species are extinct and there is an abundant fossil record within the country.[3]

Evolution

Austrofusus glans is not closely related to other extant New Zealand buccinid whelks, and is instead related to the Northern Hemisphere genus Colus.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Austrofusus include:

  • † Austrofusus acuticostatus (Suter, 1917)[3]
  • † Austrofusus affiliatus (Finlay, 1926)[3]
  • † Austrofusus allani (King, 1934)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus alpha (Finlay, 1926)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus apudalpha (Finlay, 1926)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus beta (Finlay, 1926)[3]
  • † Austrofusus bicarinatus (Suter, 1917)[3]
  • Austrofusus chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)[3][1]
  • † Austrofusus claviculus (King, 1933)
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus cliftonensis (Marwick, 1926)[3]
  • † Austrofusus coerulecens (Finlay, 1930)[3]
  • † Austrofusus cottoni (King, 1933)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus demissus (Marwick, 1931)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus flexuosus (Marshall, 1918)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus gamma (Finlay, 1926)[3]
  • Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)[3][1]
  • † Austrofusus latecostatus (Suter, 1917)[3]
  • † Austrofusus magnificus (Finlay, 1926)[3]
  • † Austrofusus marshalli (King], 1933)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus marwicki (King, 1933)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus ngatuturaensis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus oneroaensis (Powell & Batrum, 1929)[3]
  • † Austrofusus pagoda (Finlay, 1924)[3]
  • †Austrofusus pliocenicus (Powell, 1931)[3]
  • † Austrofusus precursor (Finlay, 1926)[3]
  • † Austrofusus soliarius (Dell, 1950)[3]
  • † Austrofusus spiniferus (Finlay & McDowall, 1923)[3]
  • † Austrofusus taitae (Marwick, 1924)[3]
  • † Austrofusus valedictus (King, 1935)[3]
  • † (Neocola) Austrofusus zitteli (Suter, 1914)[3]
Species brought into synonymy
  • † Austrofusus propenodosa Bartrum, 1919: synonym of † Zelandiella propenodosa (Bartrum, 1919)

References

  1. ^ a b c Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 395 – 396. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.
  4. ^ Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812.

Further reading

  • Bartrum, J. A., and A. W. B. Powell. "Mollusca from Kaawa Creek beds, west coast, south of Waikato River." Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 59. 1928
Taxon identifiers
Austrofusus