Austrobela pyrropelex

Austrobela pyrropelex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Austrobela
Species:	A. pyrropelex
Binomial name
Austrobela pyrropelex (Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms [1]
Austrobela levisCriscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021 junior subjective synonym Surcula dissimilisBarnard, K.H., 1958 Typhlosyrinx pyrropelexBarnard, 1963 Xanthodaphne pyrropelex(Barnard, 1963) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Austrobela pyrropelex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Cape Province, South Africa

References

1. Austrobela pyrropelex (Barnard, 1963) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

• Barnard, Keppel Harcourt. Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa. South African Museum, 1963.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Criscione, F.; Hallan, A.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2021). "Deep Downunder: Integrative taxonomy of Austrobela, Spergo, Theta and Austrotheta (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of Australia". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.
• Criscione, F.; Hallan, A. (2025). "Addressing knowledge gaps in the systematics of temperate south-east Australian deep-sea Raphitomidae (Caenogastropoda: Conoidea): integrative taxonomy of species of less diverse and taxonomically problematic genera". Invertebrate Systematics. 39 (2). Retrieved 15 December 2025.