Austrotriton | |
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Shell of † Austrotriton radialis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cymatiidae |
Genus: | Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903 [1] |
Synonyms | |
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Austrotriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae. [2]
The genus contains the following species: [2]
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