Austrofusus

Austrofusus Temporal range: Middle Paleocene to Recent, 42.6–0.0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A dorsal view of a shell of Austrofusus glans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Prosiphonidae
Genus:	Austrofusus Kobelt, 1879
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Neocola Finlay, 1926 (Neocola) Austrofusus Finlay, 1926 AethocolaGray, 1843

Austrofusus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Prosiphonidae, 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 propenodosaBartrum, 1919: synonym of † Zelandiella propenodosa (Bartrum, 1919)

References

1. 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. 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

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1

External links

• 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