Austroclavus

Austroclavus
Austroclavus glaber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	† Austroclavus Powell, 1942
Type species
† Drillia tenuispiralis P. Marshall, 1918

Austroclavus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned to a family within the superfamily Conoidea. ^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1942, who named Drillia tenuispiralis (current name Austroclavus tenuispiralis ) as the type species. ^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Austroclavus include:

• † Austroclavus awakinoensis Powell, 1942
• † Austroclavus clifdenensis Powell, 1942
• † Austroclavus famelicus (Marwick, 1931)
• † Austroclavus finlayi Powell, 1942
• † Austroclavus glaber Powell, 1944
• † Austroclavus kaipara (Laws, 1939)
• † Austroclavus marshalli Powell, 1942
• † Austroclavus nitens (P. Marshall, 1918)
• † Austroclavus nodulatus Laws, 1948
• † Austroclavus tenuispiralis (P. Marshall, 1918)
• Austroclavus undatus (Hedley, 1907) ^[4]

Species brought into synonymy

• Austroclavus aeneus(Hedley, 1922): synonym of Antiguraleus aeneus (Hedley, 1922)
• † Austroclavus brevicaudalisA. W. B. Powell, 1944: synonym of Austroclavus glaber A. W. B. Powell, 1944
• Austroclavus exasperatus(Reeve, 1843): synonym of Clavus exasperatus (Reeve, 1843)
• † Austroclavus lygdinopsisA. W. B. Powell, 1944: synonym of Austroclavus glaber A. W. B. Powell, 1944
• † Austroclavus teresA. W. B. Powell, 1944: synonym of Austroclavus glaber A. W. B. Powell, 1944

Gallery

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  Austroclavus awakinoensis
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  Austroclavus clifdenensis
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  Austroclavus finlayi
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  Austroclavus glaber
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  Austroclavus marshalli

References

1. Austroclavus . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 November 2025.
2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .
3. Powell, A. W. B. (1942). "The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae, with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics". Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 2: 118. ISSN   0067-0456. OCLC   1826451. Wikidata   Q115110377.
4. Austroclavus undatus (Hedley, 1907) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.