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Acamptogenotia (Austrotoma)H. J. Finlay, 1924 superseded rank Belophos (Austrotoma)H. J. Finlay, 1924 superseded rank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 Powell, 1942 †
• Austrotoma clifdenica Powell, 1942 †
• Austrotoma cryptoconoidea Powell, 1942 †
• Austrotoma deducta Marwick, 1931 †
• Austrotoma echinata Powell, 1942 †
• Austrotoma excavata (Suter, 1917) †
• Austrotoma eximia (Suter, 1917) †
• Austrotoma finlayi Powell, 1938 †
• Austrotoma gemmulata Powell, 1942 †
• Austrotoma gracilicostata (Zittel, 1865) †
• Austrotoma hurupiensis Dell, 1952 †
• Austrotoma inaequabilis Marwick, 1929 †
• Austrotoma indiscreta Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
• Austrotoma kaiparaensis Powell, 1942 †
• Austrotoma lawsi Powell, 1942 †
• Austrotoma minor (Finlay, 1924) †
• Austrotoma molinei Marwick, 1931 †
• Austrotoma neozelanica (Suter, 1913) †
• Austrotoma nervosa Powell, 1942 †
• Austrotoma obsoleta Finlay, 1926 †
• Austrotoma prolixa Laws, 1940 †
• Austrotoma suteri (Cossmann, 1916) †
• Austrotoma toreuma Marwick, 1929 †

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 22 January 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 .

External links

• Finlay H. J. (1924). The molluscan fauna of Target Gully: Part 1. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 55: 495-516