Austrotoma

Austrotoma
Austrotoma minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Austrotoma
Finlay, 1924
Type species
Bathytoma excavata
Suter, 1917
Synonyms
  • Acamptogenotia (Austrotoma) H. J. Finlay, 1924 superseded rank
  • Belophos (Austrotoma) H. J. Finlay, 1924 superseded rank

Austrotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1] It has also been placed in the family Pseudotomidae.[2][3]

Species

Species within the genus Austrotoma include the following. All are extinct except Austrotoma aguayoi.

  • Austrotoma aguayoi (Carcelles, 1953)
  • Austrotoma ampla A. W. B. Powell, 1942
  • Austrotoma antarctica Karczewski, 1985
  • Austrotoma clifdenica A. W. B. Powell, 1942
  • Austrotoma cryptoconoidea A. W. B. Powell, 1942
  • Austrotoma deducta Marwick, 1931
  • Austrotoma echinata A. W. B. Powell, 1942
  • Austrotoma echinulata (Hupé, 1854)
  • Austrotoma excavata (Suter, 1917)
  • Austrotoma eximia (Suter, 1917)
  • Austrotoma finlayi A. W. B. Powell, 1938
  • Austrotoma gemmulata A. W. B. Powell, 1942
  • Austrotoma gracilicostata (Zittel, 1865)
  • Austrotoma hurupiensis Dell, 1952
  • Austrotoma inaequabilis Marwick, 1929
  • Austrotoma indiscreta H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937
  • Austrotoma inexpectata A. W. B. Powell, 1944
  • Austrotoma intertexta (A. W. B. Powell, 1944)
  • Austrotoma janjukiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1944
  • Austrotoma kaiparaensis A. W. B. Powell, 1942
  • Austrotoma lawsi A. W. B. Powell, 1942
  • Austrotoma minor (H. J. Finlay, 1924)
  • Austrotoma molinei Marwick, 1931
  • Austrotoma neozelanica (Suter, 1913)
  • Austrotoma nervosa A. W. B. Powell, 1942
  • Austrotoma obsoleta H. J. Finlay, 1926
  • Austrotoma prolixa Laws, 1940
  • Austrotoma suteri (Cossmann, 1916)
  • Austrotoma toreuma Marwick, 1929
  • Austrotoma ventricosa Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
Species brought into synonymy
  • Austrotoma scopalveus Finlay, 1926 † : synonym of Austrotoma minor (Finlay, 1924) †

References

  1. ^ Sánchez, Noelia Carolina (2022). Estudio Taxonómico de los Gasterópodos de la Superfamilia Conoidea del Mar Argentino Basado en Caracteres Morfológicos y Moleculares (PDF) (Doctor en Ciencias Naturales thesis) (in Spanish). La Plata: Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  2. ^ Austrotoma H. J. Finlay, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 February 2026.
  3. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.